The Angels made this one look simple. Walbert Urena kept the Rangers off the board for six innings, the bullpen finished the job, and Los Angeles pulled away with a four-run fifth on the way to a 7-0 win at Angel Stadium.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| LAA | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 | 15 | 2 |
Urena allowed just 2 hits and 0 runs over 6.0 innings, walking 2 and striking out 5 on 100 pitches. He improved to 8-8 with the win, carrying a 2.67 ERA. Behind him, the Angels' bullpen covered the final three innings without allowing a run, completing the shutout as a team effort.
Los Angeles opened the scoring in the second when Frazier singled to left and Guzman came around to score, with Lowe thrown out at home on the play. Trout followed with a single to bring in Frazier for a 0-2 lead. The Angels blew it open in the fifth: Guzman reached on an infield single to score Trout, then Lowe singled to right to plate both Grissom and Schanuel, and Siri added another with a fielder's choice grounder that brought home Guzman, making it 0-6. Siri drove in another run in the seventh, singling to right to score Ballesteros for the final margin.
Jacob deGrom didn't survive the fifth inning trouble. The Rangers' starter was tagged for 6 hits and 2 runs (2 earned) over just 2.0 innings, striking out 3 with a walk before departing, and taking the loss to fall to 8-8. Texas managed only 5 hits all night and never threatened to score, going scoreless across all nine innings.
Trout finished 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI, while Guzman added 3 hits and scored twice. The win pushed the Angels to 48-74, extending their winning streak to three games. Texas, now 60-62, has dropped three straight. DeGrom entered the night 2 strikeouts shy of 2,000 for his career, a milestone that will have to wait after his early exit.