Jorge Soler and Mike Trout pile up homers, power the Angels past the Rangers
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Jorge Soler hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the eighth inning, Mike Trout went deep twice and the Angels beat the Texas Rangers 11-8 on Wednesday night at Angel Stadium.
Trout hit a two-run homer in the third and added his 16th of the season in the fifth, a solo shot that gave the Angels a 6-5 lead. His fly ball out to center in the seventh advanced two runners before Taylor Ward drove in both with a single, tying the score at 8-8.
Travis d’Arnaud hit his sixth home run for the Angels in the fourth inning.
José Fermin (2-0), the seventh of eight Angels pitchers, worked a scoreless inning and earned the victory. Kenley Jansen picked up his 16th save.
Under interim manager Ray Montgomery, the Angels have stayed competitive and hovering around .500. Can Montgomery and the Angels build on that?
Texas’ Marcus Semien drove in four runs. He hit a two-run homer, his 10th, against Reid Detmers in the seventh for an 8-6 lead. Detmers had gone 22 consecutive appearances without giving up an earned run.
Kyle Higashioka hit his third home run and finished with two RBIs for the Rangers.
Neither starter went deep into the game. The Angels’ Kyle Hendricks worked 3 2/3 innings, giving up five runs, four earned. Texas’ Kumar Rocker pitched 4 1/3 innings and gave up six runs.
Key moment
Soler’s 421-foot homer to left came after Yoán Moncada’s leadoff single against Luke Jackson (2-5).
Key stat
Trout’s 29th multi-homer game — and his third this season — leaves him six homers shy of 400 for his career.
Up next
Texas’ Patrick Corbin (5-7, 4.18 ERA) pitches against the Angels’ Jack Kochanowicz (3-8, 5.42) on Thursday.
