Major League Baseball
Los Angeles Angels
8
Texas Rangers
1
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Albert Pujols opened the scoring with his first triple in more than four years, rookie Matt Shoemaker had another strong start and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Texas Rangers 7-1 on Wednesday night.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
K Calhoun homered to right (386 feet).
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
G Beckham scored, E Aybar to second on wild pitch by S Tolleson.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
E Navarro tripled to deep right, A Pujols and H Kendrick scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
R Rua singled to center, A Beltre scored, T Telis to second.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
B Boesch grounded into fielder's choice to second, H Kendrick scored, C Iannetta out at second, S O'Malley to third.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 8: in play
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
H Kendrick grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, M Trout scored, A Pujols out at second.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
End of the 9th
R Rua grounded into double play, third to second to first, T Telis out at second.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
R Rua batting
T Telis singled to left.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
T Telis batting
A Rosales struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
A Rosales batting
Y Herrera relieved J Smith.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
A Pujols grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
A Pujols batting
M Trout grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Trout batting
K Calhoun homered to right (386 feet).
Pitch 4: in play
Showing the last 40 of 680 events.
LAA win series 3-0
Leonys MartinCF17
Elvis AndrusSS18
Rougned Odor2B24
Adrian Beltre3B29
Adam Rosales1B32
Tomas TelisC76
Ryan RuaLF16
Luis SardinasDH89
Michael ChoiceRF13
Kole CalhounRF56
Mike TroutCF27
Albert Pujols1B5
Howie Kendrick2B47
David Freese3B25
Erick AybarSS0
Chris IannettaC22
Brennan BoeschDH31
Collin CowgillLF5
Shawn O'MalleyPR36
John McDonald3B8
Efren NavarroPH50
Gordon Beckham3B29
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