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Trout Powers Angels To Win In Opener

Posted on July 10, 2018 at 02:56 AM.

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Mike Trout hit a three-run go-ahead homer in the third and drove in more insurance in the eighth as he helped power his Los Angeles Angels to a 6-2 series-opening win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.

Trout's two-out, three-run bomb in the third erased what was a 1-0 Rangers (2-5) lead after Shin-Soo Choo had hit a leadoff solo shot in the top half of the inning. The three-run blast was a culmination of a two-out rally by the top of LA's order. Ben Revere got a two-out single, Kole Calhoun worked a two-out walk, then Trout homered to give them the lead for good.

Another quality start by Cole Hamels (0-1) was wasted by the Rangers after he went seven innings, only allowing the three runs on Trout's long ball and striking out seven. Keone Kela entered in relief in the eighth having struck out every batter he's faced this year (six Ks in two innings pitched), but he proceeded to give up hits to four of the first five batters he faced, including back-to-back RBI doubles to both Trout and Albert Pujols, allowing the Angels to open up what was a one-run game into a 6-2 advantage.

Texas Rangers at Los Angeles Angels
Apr 11, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (2-5)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
Los Angeles (4-4)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	X	6	10	1
W: Matt Shoemaker (1-1) L: Cole Hamels (0-1) S: Mike Morin (1)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Elvis Andrus, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.323
Carlos Gomez, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385
Adrian Beltre, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167
Rougned Odor, 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.379
Nomar Mazara, DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.357
Jonathan Lucroy, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217
Shin-Soo Choo, RF	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	.318
James Loney, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300
Jared Hoying, LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273
TEAM TOTALS	32	2	6	2	0	4	1
BATTING: HR: Choo (1) RBI: Choo 2 (3)

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Ben Revere, LF	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	.345
Kole Calhoun, RF	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.250
Mike Trout, CF	4	2	3	4	0	0	1	.379
Albert Pujols, 1B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.185
Yunel Escobar, SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.222
Danny Espinosa, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267
Andrelton Simmons, DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200
Kaleb Cowart, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.214
Martin Maldonado, C	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	34	6	10	6	1	8	1
BATTING: 2B: Trout (5), Pujols (2), Revere (1) HR: Trout (3) RBI: Escobar (5), Trout 4 (14), Pujols (3) HBP: Simmons
FIELDING: E: Escobar (1)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Cole Hamels (L, 0-1)	7.0	5	3	3	1	7	1	3.21
Keone Kela	0.2	5	3	3	0	0	0	10.13
Jeremy Jeffress	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9.00
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	10	6	6	1	8	1

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Matt Shoemaker (W, 1-1)	6.1	6	2	2	0	2	1	3.86
Jose Alvarez (H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.82
Mike Morin (S, 1)	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	6	2	2	0	4	1