Los Angeles Angels slam the Texas Rangers with a record losing season (Part 2)
The Los Angeles Angels paid a visit to the Texas Rangers’ home ground on Sunday to face off in their final outing of the season in Major League Baseball. The visiting side from Anaheim had a lot of things to prove and one of them
spelled out a clear dedication to the game, given their disappointing year in the American League. They started off against the leading West leaders in the fixture and there was much to be done, in respect to playing. The leaders of the division were already
excelling on the basic level of performance. Josh Hamilton was brought in to the 3-game series to help the side improve their injured contingent.
With Dan Haren pitching for the Angels, there was an unlikely chance the Ranger would make a sturdy mark on the ball thrower with a significant knock around the field. The experienced player was brought in to quell the action generated
from the Rangers’ hitting contingent. On the other side, the Rangers introduced their veteran ball pitcher, Colby Lewis.
The importance of Colby came when the rest of the players were either on the injury list or the scheduled line up in the upcoming playoffs. The fact that many made their way in the current game was a stringent reality to say the
least. Since the team grabbed the division title, Ron Washington made sure every player was well rested before the start if the post season.
The game began with the Angels taking the batting position in the first innings. Both Los Angeles and Texas missed scoring options in the first 3 innings. No team went near and both Haren and Lewis made a mockery of the sides in
stunning fashion. Ian Kinsler was the only player to hit in that period, running a double against Dan Haren. The first run came in the top 4th and much of the credit went to Hideki Matsui who was expected to shine in the competition, given his illustrious
career with the New York Yankees.
The inning started with Howard Kendrick flying out to the centre. Bobby Abreu came in and walked to first base after Lewis pitched some messy balls to the hitter. Torii Hunter was the next person to come on to the batting plate.
While Colby paid the new entrant much attention, Bobby ran clear off the first to steal the second base. After moving up the diamond through good observance, the player made it to the third when Torii grounded out to second.
With Abreu set on third, the Angels needed one last push. They got it when Matsui introduced himself to the pitcher, on the strike zone. The former most valuable player in Major League Baseball gave the hosts a massive bash as
he drove a scrumptious 372 feet homer to the right, leading the scoring initiative for the side. His smash availed the Angels two runs on the board and put them up considerably on the top as the Rangers lagged far behind.
The lead was good for the next inning as both sides stayed on a 2 point difference during the mach. However, Ron Washington’s were far from easy going on the visitors. When the bottom 5th inning came into session, Nelson
Cruz hit the grove with a single to the left. Ian Kinsler popped out to shortstop and Jorge Cantu came on to play for Texas. The hitter did not waste his time as he plugged a single to the left. The move got Cruz to third when he ran clear off two base lengths
to get to the mark, he had his sights on. The observant striker of the ball didn’t waste his time in pushing on as passed the last check post through Bengie Molina’s single to the left.
The move brought up Rangers’ first run and with the innings not over, there was more to come.
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