Luis Rengifo hit a go-ahead, two-run double as the Angels rallied for five runs in the eighth inning to beat the Texas Rangers 9-7 on Saturday night.
— With Mike Trout sidelined by back issues, the Los Angeles Angels have received a jolt of offense from an unlikely source.
"I feel comfortable. It's more like go out there, do my job and stay focused every single time when I take my at-bats and help my team," said Rengifo, who began the season at Triple-A Salt Lake before being called up on May 8."It's getting more experience, which helps with making adjustments and seeing results."
After pinch-hitter Kurt Suzuki struck out, Ohtani was intentionally walked and Taylor Ward drew a walk from Brett Martin . Fletcher tied it at 7 when he scored on a wild pitch, and Rengifo followed with a line drive into the right-center gap to put the Angels on top. Raisel Iglesias gave up a one-out single to Marcus Semien and walked Jonah Heim before getting Nathaniel Lowe to ground out and retiring Adolis García on a long fly to center for his 16th save and first since June 29.Semien hit a three-run shot to center off Silseth in the fourth to give Texas a 5-3 lead. Viloria had a two-run drive to center on a sinker by Toussaint that stayed up in the strike zone to make it 7-4.
Texas right-hander Glenn Otto went five innings and gave up four runs on four hits with five strikeouts. The rookie is 0-5 in his last seven starts and has not won since June 4.The Rangers took a 2-0 lead in the third on RBI singles by Lowe and García before the Angels went ahead in the home half. Gosselin was beaned on a sinker from Otto, and Andrew Velazquez had a bunt single before Ohtani drove Otto's 88 mph changeup into the elevated bleachers in center field.
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