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07/09 22:35 CDT Wyatt Langford wins game in 9th in return from IL as Rangers
beat Angels after blowing 5-run lead
Wyatt Langford wins game in 9th in return from IL as Rangers beat Angels after
blowing 5-run lead
By SCHUYLER DIXON
AP Sports Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- Wyatt Langford lined a shot off the wall in left
field to bring home Alejandro Osuna in the ninth inning, lifting Texas to a 7-6
victory over the Los Angeles Angels after the Rangers blew a five-run lead
Thursday night.
Langford struck out three of his first four times up as the designated hitter
after getting activated from the 10-day injured list the first day he was
eligible after dealing with a left hamstring strain.
Osuna led off the ninth with a single and went to second on pinch-hitter Nicky
Lopez's sacrifice bunt. Langford lined a 1-1 fastball from former Texas closer
Kirby Yates (0-4) over Jose Siri's head for the winning single.
Jo Adell had a tying pinch-hit single to cap a five-run seventh a night after
homering twice in the Angels' 13-1 victory.
Cole Winn (4-2) got Adell on a sharp liner to center field to end the ninth
with the potential go-ahead run at third after replacing All-Star closer Jacob
Latz, who went 1 2/3 innings in his first outing in nine days.
Nathan Eovaldi struck out a season-high 10 for Texas but didn't get a win in a
fifth consecutive start, which would have given him 10 victories this season.
He exited with no outs in the seventh after Dezner Guzman reached on catcher's
interference, Logan O'Hoppe walked and Wade Meckler's single scored Guzman.
Peyton Gray replaced Eovaldi and gave up a two-run single to Nolan Schanuel,
who had four hits, and an RBI single to Jorge Soler.
Brandon Nimmo, Ezequiel Duran and Justin Foscue homered for Texas in the first
four innings off Reid Detmers. The left-hander hadn't allowed more than one
long ball in any of his first 18 starts.
Up next
Neither team has announced the rotation for its final series before the
All-Star break. Indications are the Angels will go with RHP Grayson Rodriguez
(2-2, 8.06 ERA) on Friday at Minnesota. He has been on the injured list since
mid-June with lower back tightness. Texas is home against Houston.
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