Adolis Garcia went 3–for–4 with a home run, Leody Taveras went 4–for–5 and drove in four runs and the Texas Rangers closed out a road series win on Sunday, May 7, with a 16–8 rout of the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif.
Texas fell behind early when Anthony Rendon sent Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani home with a three-run homer in the first inning off Rangers starter Martin Perez. Perez surrendered seven earned runs and eight hits in just 3 2/3 innings.
It did not take the Rangers long to respond, however.
Jonah Heim drew a leadoff walk in the Texas half of the second inning, and Ezequiel Duran drove him in on the ensuing at-bat with a towering home run to left field. The Rangers then tied it 3–3 when Robbie Grossman’s sacrifice fly scored Travis Jankowski, who pulled up lame on the play and sat the rest of the afternoon….