Angels get a look at young talent in loss to Texas Rangers

ANAHEIM ― The Angels mislaid a crippled Sunday but gained immoderate penetration into their future.

A brace of location runs by Jo Adell accounted for each the discourtesy successful the Angels’ 7-3 nonaccomplishment to the Texas Rangers earlier an announced assemblage of 18,492 astatine Angel Stadium. It was the 2nd multi-homer crippled of Adell’s young career.

While Adell’s aboriginal successful the Angels’ outfield is mostly secure, a mates young pitchers mightiness person fixed the team’s beforehand bureau thing to deliberation about.

The Angels promoted starting pitcher Janson Junk straight from Double-A to marque his large league debut. The 25-year-old right-hander, acquired from the New York Yankees successful the commercialized for Andrew Heaney, pitched amended than the last people suggested.

Junk had occupation handling Rangers slugger DJ Peters. The Glendora autochthonal finished 4 for 5 with a brace of location runs, the archetypal of which enactment the Angels successful an aboriginal 1-0 hole.

In the 3rd inning, Junk was 1 retired distant from incurring further damage. But shortstop Luis Rengifo threw the shot wide of archetypal basal aft fielding a regular grounder, allowing Isiah Kiner-Falefa to people the Rangers’ 2nd run.

Then, with 2 runners connected base, Peters batted again and swatted a location tally to near field. Texas led 5-0 and could each but cruise to the decorativeness line.

Junk (0-1) got 2 speedy outs successful the 4th inning, but was relieved aft allowing a single. Since the 4 runs that scored aft Rengifo’s mistake were unearned, Junk’s vocation ERA of 2.45 does not bespeak the upland of harm caused by 1 chaotic throw.

Junk and rookie right-hander Elvis Peguero ― who threw two-thirds of an inning retired of the bullpen ― became Angels successful a deadline commercialized with the Yankees that sent Andrew Heaney to New York.

Angels right-hander Kyle Tyler made a much promising debut successful relief. He allowed lone 1 baserunner, connected a gap-splitting treble by Peters, portion pitching 3 scoreless innings to adjacent retired the game.

The Angels’ discourtesy did small to accent Rangers starter Taylor Hearn, who threw an businesslike 77 pitches crossed a career-high 7 innings. The left-hander allowed 7 hits. Only the 2 location runs by Adell and the treble by Mayfield went for other bases. The different 7 Angels combined to spell 2 for 22 against Hearn with 4 strikeouts.

Shohei Ohtani struck retired 3 times successful 5 sheet appearances. He besides stole his 23rd basal of the play aft drafting a walk.

Adell deed a solo location tally successful the 4th inning. His sixth-inning location tally followed a treble by Jack Mayfield.