ARLINGTON, Texas -- C.J. Cron
didn't think his line drive with two outs in the ninth inning would get
over the left field fence in fair territory Saturday night.
"I thought it might have hooked foul or it might have been a double," the Los Angeles Angels first baseman said. "But when I rounded first, I saw (Texas left fielder Delino) DeShields had his hands on his knees.
"I thought, `Wow! I guess that one got out.' It was pretty cool."
The two-run homer, Cron's 13th of the season, tied the game. Los Angeles went on to beat the Rangers 7-4 with three runs in the 10th.
Texas rookie right-hander Jose Leclerc (2-3) walked the only three batters he faced to load the bases with no outs. Kole Calhoun hit a looping line drive to left field against another rookie righty, Austin Bibens-Dirkx, to drive in two runs. The third scored on a sacrifice fly by Cron.
Los Angeles remained 1 1/2 games behind Minnesota for the AL's second wild card berth. Texas fell to four games behind the Twins.
"With this situation, every game's important for us," Rangers designated hitter Shin-Soo Choo said. "Especially against the Angels. It's tough to lose."
Cron stepped to the plate in the ninth against still another rookie right-hander, Ricky Rodriguez. He needed one out to preserve a 4-2 lead, but Luis Valbuena kept the Angels alive with a double to right-center.
Cron had struck out in his first three at-bats.
"I tend to look pretty bad some at-bats, but fortunately enough I was able to get enough swing on that last pitch," he said.
From the dugout, Angels manager Mike Scioscia tried to follow the flight of Cron's liner.
"I knew it was fair, but I didn't think DeShields could catch it. From my vantage point, it's kind of a tough angle, but the whole dugout exploded," he said.
Rangers closer Alex Claudio was not available because he had pitched the previous two days.
"The pitchers we deployed out of the bullpen were the ones available to us," manager Jeff Banister said. "It was one of those situations where (Rodriguez) went down into Cron's zone."
Yusmeiro Petit (4-0), the fifth Los Angeles pitcher, earned the win with a perfect ninth inning, and Blake Parker worked a hitless 10th inning for his fifth save in seven opportunities.
Carlos Gomez homered and scored twice for Texas. He led off the second inning with his 17th homer and led off the fourth with a double. Joey Gallo singled home Gomez for a 3-1 lead.
For the Angels' first two runs, Mike Trout doubled and scored on a two-out single by Albert Pujols. He has 21 RBI in his last 19 games.
Each starting pitcher went 5 2/3 innings. The Rangers' A.J. Griffin allowed two runs, and Ricky Nolasco gave up three for Los Angeles. Nolasco struck out six to reach 1,500 for his career.
TURNING TWO
After the Angels' Justin Upton singled with one out in the eighth, Pujols hit a grounder up the middle against Tony Barnette. Shortstop Elvis Andrus dived to stop the ball and flipped it with his glove to Rougned Odor. The second baseman caught the ball in his bare hand and threw to first base for a spectacular inning-ending double play.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: RHP Garrett Richards, on the disabled list since April because of a strained biceps, threw a bullpen before Saturday's game. Scioscia said Richards will be activated to start on Tuesday at Oakland. "You're obviously not going to see him throw 100 pitches," the manager said.
UP NEXT
Angels: LHP Andrew Heaney (1-0, 5.63) will make his fourth start of the season in the series' final game on Sunday. Heaney allowed one run in six innings for a win in his previous start Monday against Oakland.
Rangers: LHP Martin Perez (10-10, 4.89) will start the rubber game. He leads Texas in wins, and has won his last five starts.
"I thought it might have hooked foul or it might have been a double," the Los Angeles Angels first baseman said. "But when I rounded first, I saw (Texas left fielder Delino) DeShields had his hands on his knees.
"I thought, `Wow! I guess that one got out.' It was pretty cool."
The two-run homer, Cron's 13th of the season, tied the game. Los Angeles went on to beat the Rangers 7-4 with three runs in the 10th.
Texas rookie right-hander Jose Leclerc (2-3) walked the only three batters he faced to load the bases with no outs. Kole Calhoun hit a looping line drive to left field against another rookie righty, Austin Bibens-Dirkx, to drive in two runs. The third scored on a sacrifice fly by Cron.
Los Angeles remained 1 1/2 games behind Minnesota for the AL's second wild card berth. Texas fell to four games behind the Twins.
"With this situation, every game's important for us," Rangers designated hitter Shin-Soo Choo said. "Especially against the Angels. It's tough to lose."
Cron stepped to the plate in the ninth against still another rookie right-hander, Ricky Rodriguez. He needed one out to preserve a 4-2 lead, but Luis Valbuena kept the Angels alive with a double to right-center.
Cron had struck out in his first three at-bats.
"I tend to look pretty bad some at-bats, but fortunately enough I was able to get enough swing on that last pitch," he said.
From the dugout, Angels manager Mike Scioscia tried to follow the flight of Cron's liner.
"I knew it was fair, but I didn't think DeShields could catch it. From my vantage point, it's kind of a tough angle, but the whole dugout exploded," he said.
Rangers closer Alex Claudio was not available because he had pitched the previous two days.
"The pitchers we deployed out of the bullpen were the ones available to us," manager Jeff Banister said. "It was one of those situations where (Rodriguez) went down into Cron's zone."
Yusmeiro Petit (4-0), the fifth Los Angeles pitcher, earned the win with a perfect ninth inning, and Blake Parker worked a hitless 10th inning for his fifth save in seven opportunities.
Carlos Gomez homered and scored twice for Texas. He led off the second inning with his 17th homer and led off the fourth with a double. Joey Gallo singled home Gomez for a 3-1 lead.
For the Angels' first two runs, Mike Trout doubled and scored on a two-out single by Albert Pujols. He has 21 RBI in his last 19 games.
Each starting pitcher went 5 2/3 innings. The Rangers' A.J. Griffin allowed two runs, and Ricky Nolasco gave up three for Los Angeles. Nolasco struck out six to reach 1,500 for his career.
TURNING TWO
After the Angels' Justin Upton singled with one out in the eighth, Pujols hit a grounder up the middle against Tony Barnette. Shortstop Elvis Andrus dived to stop the ball and flipped it with his glove to Rougned Odor. The second baseman caught the ball in his bare hand and threw to first base for a spectacular inning-ending double play.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: RHP Garrett Richards, on the disabled list since April because of a strained biceps, threw a bullpen before Saturday's game. Scioscia said Richards will be activated to start on Tuesday at Oakland. "You're obviously not going to see him throw 100 pitches," the manager said.
UP NEXT
Angels: LHP Andrew Heaney (1-0, 5.63) will make his fourth start of the season in the series' final game on Sunday. Heaney allowed one run in six innings for a win in his previous start Monday against Oakland.
Rangers: LHP Martin Perez (10-10, 4.89) will start the rubber game. He leads Texas in wins, and has won his last five starts.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| A.J. Griffin pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Phillips flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Trout fouled out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Upton struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| DeShields walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Choo doubled to deep center, DeShields to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Andrus grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, DeShields scored, Choo out at third. | 0 | 1 |
| Andrus caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| Mazara grounded out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| A.J. Griffin pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Pujols flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Calhoun grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| Simmons struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Gómez homered to left center (421 feet). | 0 | 2 |
| Gallo struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Napoli flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Odor singled to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Chirinos struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| A.J. Griffin pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Valbuena popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Cron struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Maldonado flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| DeShields grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Choo grounded out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Andrus safe at first on error by shortstop Simmons. | 0 | 2 |
| Mazara struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Griffin pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Phillips popped out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Trout doubled to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Upton popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Pujols singled to shallow left, Trout scored. | 1 | 2 |
| Calhoun walked, Pujols to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Simmons struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Gómez doubled to deep left. | 1 | 2 |
| Gallo singled to right, Gómez scored. | 1 | 3 |
| Napoli popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Odor grounded into fielder's choice to first, Gallo out at second. | 1 | 3 |
| Chirinos flied out to right. | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Griffin pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Valbuena fouled out to catcher. | 1 | 3 |
| Cron struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Maldonado struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| DeShields walked. | 1 | 3 |
| Choo flied out to left. | 1 | 3 |
| DeShields stole second. | 1 | 3 |
| Andrus struck out looking. | 1 | 3 |
| Mazara flied out to left. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Griffin pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Phillips popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Trout doubled to deep right center. | 1 | 3 |
| Upton grounded out to second, Trout to third. | 1 | 3 |
| Pujols singled to center, Trout scored. | 2 | 3 |
| Calhoun walked, Pujols to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Espino relieved Griffin. | 2 | 3 |
| Simmons flied out to left. | 2 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Gómez struck out looking. | 2 | 3 |
| Gallo struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| Napoli walked. | 2 | 3 |
| Chavez relieved Nolasco. | 2 | 3 |
| Odor struck out looking. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jake Diekman pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Diekman relieved Espino. | 2 | 3 |
| Valbuena grounded out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Cron struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| Maldonado safe at first on error by third baseman Gallo. | 2 | 3 |
| Phillips grounded into fielder's choice to third, Maldonado out at second. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jesse Chavez pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Chirinos walked. | 2 | 3 |
| DeShields reached on bunt single to third, Chirinos to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Choo struck out looking. | 2 | 3 |
| Andrus walked, Chirinos to third, DeShields to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Mazara grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Chirinos scored, Andrus out at second, DeShields to third. | 2 | 4 |
| Gómez struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tony Barnette pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Barnette relieved Diekman. | 2 | 4 |
| Trout grounded out to second. | 2 | 4 |
| Upton singled to center. | 2 | 4 |
| Pujols grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Upton out at second. | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jason Gurka pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Gurka relieved Chavez. | 2 | 4 |
| Gallo walked. | 2 | 4 |
| Salas relieved Gurka. | 2 | 4 |
| Napoli safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Valbuena, Gallo advanced to second on Valbuena throwing error, Gallo tagged out at third attempting to advance on play. | 2 | 4 |
| Odor grounded into fielder's choice to catcher, Napoli out at second. | 2 | 4 |
| Odor stole second. | 2 | 4 |
| Odor safe at third on error by second baseman Phillips. | 2 | 4 |
| Chirinos grounded out to second. | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 2 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Rodriguez pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Rodriguez relieved Barnette. | 2 | 4 |
| Calhoun lined out to left. | 2 | 4 |
| Simmons grounded out to first. | 2 | 4 |
| Valbuena doubled to deep right center. | 2 | 4 |
| Cron homered to left (351 feet), Valbuena scored. | 4 | 4 |
| Maldonado doubled to center. | 4 | 4 |
| Fontana ran for Maldonado. | 4 | 4 |
| Phillips flied out to right. | 4 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Yusmeiro Petit pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Graterol catching. | 4 | 4 |
| Petit relieved Salas. | 4 | 4 |
| DeShields flied out to left. | 4 | 4 |
| Choo struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| Andrus flied out to center. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Jose Leclerc pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Leclerc relieved Rodriguez. | 4 | 4 |
| Trout walked. | 4 | 4 |
| Trout to second on passed ball by Chirinos. | 4 | 4 |
| Upton walked. | 4 | 4 |
| Pujols walked, Trout to third, Upton to second. | 4 | 4 |
| Bibens-Dirkx relieved Leclerc. | 4 | 4 |
| Pennington ran for Pujols. | 4 | 4 |
| Calhoun singled to left, Trout and Upton scored, Pennington to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Simmons grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Calhoun out at second, Pennington to third. | 6 | 4 |
| Valbuena walked, Simmons to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Cowart ran for Valbuena. | 6 | 4 |
| Cron hit sacrifice fly to center, Pennington scored, Simmons to third. | 7 | 4 |
| Graterol lined out to left. | 7 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Blake Parker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Cowart at third base. | 7 | 4 |
| Parker relieved Petit. | 7 | 4 |
| Mazara grounded out to first. | 7 | 4 |
| Gómez hit by pitch. | 7 | 4 |
| Gallo grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Gómez out at second. | 7 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles Angels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Phillips 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .100 | .182 | .100 |
| Trout CF | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | .331 | .464 | .669 |
| Upton LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .280 | .363 | .541 |
| Pujols DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | .240 | .285 | .394 |
Pennington PR-DH
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .330 | .355 |
| Calhoun RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | .244 | .330 | .388 |
| Simmons SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .287 | .339 | .444 |
| Valbuena 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | .203 | .294 | .424 |
Cowart PR-3B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .289 | .411 |
| Cron 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .257 | .313 | .462 |
| Maldonado C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .226 | .288 | .371 |
Fontana PR
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .105 | .222 |
Graterol C
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .219 | .227 | .274 |
| Totals | 38 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 192 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Trout 2 (20, Griffin 2); Valbuena (10, Rodriguez); Maldonado (16, Rodriguez) HR: Cron (13, 9th inning off Rodriguez 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: Pujols 2 (89), Cron 3 (44), Calhoun 2 (62) SF: Cron 2-out RBI: Pujols 2, Cron 2 GIDP: Pujols Angels RISP: 4-11 (Cron 1-1, Calhoun 1-1, Phillips 0-1, Simmons 0-3, Pujols 2-2, Graterol 0-1, Upton 0-2) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Simmons (12, ground ball); Valbuena (5, throw); Phillips (1, catch) DP: 1 (Simmons-Cron). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, TX |
| Attendance | 25,138 (52.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 4:09 |
| Weather | 92 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Marvin Hudson, First Base - Mike Estabrook, Second Base - Bill Welke, Third Base - Dan Bellino |
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