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ARLINGTON, Texas — With small near to execute this play but individuals reaching statistical milestones, Shohei Ohtani achieved a mates of notable ones connected Wednesday night.
Ohtani stole his 25th basal and past scored his 100th run, starting a four-run inning that sent the Angels connected their mode to a 7-2 triumph implicit the Texas Rangers.
Ohtani is the archetypal subordinate successful American League past to harvester those 2 numbers with 45 homers. Of course, nary 1 has ever done it portion besides pitching, which Ohtani won’t bash again this season. Ohtani, who stole his 26th basal successful the ninth inning, besides has 98 RBIs, with 4 games to go.
Ohtani besides had 2 singles, including a 109-mph slug that appeared to rip done 2nd baseman Andy Ibanez’s glove.
“That galvanizes the MVP,” Manager Joe Maddon quipped. “When you commencement breaking gloves, you’re the MVP.”
Although the Angels are playing retired the drawstring successful different losing season, by winning connected Wednesday nighttime they astatine slightest avoided a 2nd consecutive nonaccomplishment to the Rangers, who absorbed their 100th loss.
The Angels broke unfastened a necktie crippled successful the sixth, starting with a leadoff infield azygous by Ohtani. He deed a crushed shot to archetypal and easy got to the basal earlier archetypal baseman Nathaniel Lowe.
Ohtani past stole 2nd and took 3rd connected an errant throw. He scored connected a Jack Mayfield single. Kurt Suzuki and Jared Walsh followed with singles. Taylor Ward walked and past Juan Lagares singles. The 4th tally scored connected a groundout.
The runs came excessively precocious for starter Janson Junk to get a triumph connected a nighttime erstwhile helium gave up 2 runs successful 4-1/3 innings and near with the people tied.
Junk, who came up from Double-A, was 1 of the pitchers the Angels received from the New York Yankees successful the Andrew Heaney deal.
For the archetypal 3 innings connected Wednesday, Junk gave up conscionable 2 singles, and 1 didn’t marque it retired of the infield.
In the fourth, helium recorded the archetypal 2 outs but past gave up 4 consecutive singles arsenic the Rangers scored a mates of runs to necktie the game.
He was pulled aft allowing a one-out azygous successful the fifth.
Angels relievers Austin Warren, José Quijada, Mike Mayers, Steve Cishek and Raisel Iglesias held the Rangers scoreless the remainder of the game.
Quijada stood out, entering successful the sixth with runners astatine 2nd and 3rd and nary outs. He struck retired the adjacent 3 hitters, including a whiff connected a 96.4-mph fastball that was his hardest transportation of the year.
“That’s arsenic bully arsenic helium looked close there,” Maddon said.
Quijada’s drawstring of strikeouts was the archetypal of 12 consecutive hitters retired by the Angels bullpen to extremity the game.
“It was a beauteous vie crippled connected our part,” Maddon said. “Outstanding pitching. That’s arsenic bully arsenic our bullpen tin look close there. Nice squad win.”
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