Angels blow early 5-run lead in loss to Rangers

ARLINGTON, Texas — Shohei Ohtani and Jared Walsh, the Angels’ All-Stars who went into parallel slumps passim overmuch of the 2nd half, are finishing strong.

Ohtani had a treble and a triple and Walsh had 3 hits successful the Angels’ 7-6 nonaccomplishment to the Texas Rangers connected Thursday afternoon.

They had 5 of the Angels’ 12 hits connected a time that they scored 5 runs successful the apical of the first, but lost. Alex Cobb gave up 5 runs and Jimmy Herget, who had a one-run pb successful the eighth, gave up 2 runs connected a Brock Holt double.

Angels pitchers couldn’t clasp a pb that was built mostly by Ohtani and Walsh.

Ohtani tripled successful the first, driving successful his 99th tally of the season. He doubled successful the sixth and hardly missed a game-tying location tally successful the ninth.

Ohtani is present hitting .311 (14 for 45) successful his past 14 games, coming retired of a slump that was agelong capable to punctual immoderate treatment astir whether helium had outgo himself the MVP.

Walsh is present hitting .340 (34 for 100) since Aug. 28, the effect of an attack to usage the full tract aft he’d gotten excessively propulsion dense successful August. All 3 of his hits connected Thursday were to near field.

Despite the bully violative day, the Angels’ pitchers couldn’t bash their part, starting with Cobb.

Cobb worked astir 4 baserunners successful the archetypal 2 innings, but successful the 3rd helium got 2 outs earlier issuing a walk, giving up a azygous and allowing a three-run homer to DJ Peters.

In the fifth, Cobb gave up a two-run homer to Adolis Garcia.

Cobb had allowed conscionable 1 tally successful 10-2/3 innings successful his 2 starts since coming disconnected the injured list, lowering his ERA to 3.46 and putting him successful presumption to caput to escaped bureau connected a precocious note.

His 18th and last start, though, lifted his ERA to 3.76.

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