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On September 8, 2024, the Texas Rangers defeated the Los Angeles Angels 6-4. Josh Smith played a pivotal role for the Rangers, helping secure the victory, while Taylor Ward had notable performances for the Angels. Key moments included timely hits and solid pitching from the Rangers, keeping the Angels' offensive efforts in check【6†source】【7†source】【8†source】.
For more detailed highlights, you can check out the full recap on MLB.com.
For more detailed highlights, you can check out the full recap on MLB.com.
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00:00This afternoon, Andrew Heaney with a 4-13 record in the ERA of 3.81, 139 innings.
00:12He's got 141 punch-outs to go along with 38 walks.
00:16Taylor Ward has stepped into the batter's box.
00:182-2.
00:19And a swing and a miss.
00:20He got him on the change-up.
00:21First strikeout of the ballgame for Andrew Heaney.
00:23What a great pitch that was from Andrew.
00:25Meadow with 20 home runs on the year.
00:28Here's some shortstop.
00:29This one out in the left field.
00:30And circling underneath it to make the catch is Wyatt Langford.
00:35Two away.
00:36The number three batter today is Charles LeBlanc.
00:38He's playing first base with a lefty out there.
00:40Sean O'Reilly not in the lineup today.
00:42Here's a ball hit out in the left.
00:44Langford coming on.
00:45He'll get there to make the running grab.
00:47One-two-three.
00:48No-hazzle inning to get us started.
00:49Tate and Dana got it done in his Major League debut last Sunday.
00:52Yeah, I love the fact that he had such great boys out there as fastball.
00:56He spotted it very, very well.
00:58Youngest angel to win in that debut.
01:00Frank Tenenbaum is 20 years old.
01:02For Tate and Dana, my go-to's for him to have another solid game against the defending world
01:06champ today is use his curveball.
01:08Marcus Simeon the leadoff batter for the Rangers once again today.
01:13First pitch swinging.
01:14That ball's hit well.
01:15Deep out to left.
01:16It's gone!
01:17Now that's the way you start off a ballgame.
01:19Marcus Simeon wasting no time as he jumps on the first offering from Tate and Dana.
01:25First pitch is right down Broadway and he just jumps all over it.
01:28Well, that's a full sixth leadoff home run of the year for Marcus.
01:32Gives him 19 now this season.
01:35Dana did not allow a base hit to a right-handed batter in his first start against Seattle.
01:40One pitch, one long hit from Simeon and a one-nothing lead for the Rangers.
01:44Here's Josh Smith at the plate.
01:46And this one is ripped by first.
01:47That's a base hit heading down into that right field corner.
01:51Josh Smith turns first and he'll jog to second base with a double.
01:56This ball's hit like a bullet down the right field line.
01:59It gets past the first baseman and rolls all the way down into the corner.
02:02So Smith in scoring position for Wyatt Langford.
02:07Bounce to the left side.
02:08That won't move the runner over as Neto gets it to first and holding at second base is
02:11Smith.
02:12And that brings up Adoles Garcia.
02:15Swing and a miss.
02:16Strike three.
02:17Good slider to punch out Garcia.
02:18Man, Garcia completely fooled by this slider.
02:21He's about to give up on it.
02:22Then he sees it coming back to the plate.
02:24A very late and defensive swing on that slider.
02:28Two outs.
02:29Nathaniel Lowe will bat.
02:30But he pulls that.
02:31And that is launched.
02:32Deep out to right.
02:33It is gone.
02:34That ball goes up about 20 rows right down the right field line.
02:40Little hanging slider on the middle part of the plate.
02:43Coming right into the loop zone.
02:45But it was a no-doubter once he heard the crack at the back.
02:48Rangers jump out to a 3-0 lead here in the bottom of the first.
02:51Drury has heated up despite his batting average for the season being .170 as a six-game hitting
02:57streak.
02:58And he swings right through that one.
02:59A strikeout of Drury begins the second inning.
03:02Bohini showing us some good pitches here this afternoon.
03:06Fastball with some life on it.
03:07A little bit of a tip.
03:08Kelly holding on for strike three.
03:10So Theis now.
03:11And so Theis gets the job today.
03:12And that little tapper right back to Heaney.
03:13And he'll lob it over to first.
03:14Two quick outs here in the second inning.
03:19So Jordan Adams now.
03:22Strike three called over the inside corner.
03:24Heaney fires a fastball to complete another one-two-three.
03:28No hassle in it.
03:29The Rangers got all over Dana in that first inning.
03:32Harmers by Simeon and Lowe.
03:33And now Duran.
03:35He'll go after the first pitch.
03:37That's down the line.
03:38That could be trouble.
03:39It is foul.
03:40Just foul.
03:41Just foul.
03:42Now Duran who ripped a big two-run double in yesterday's game for the Rangers.
03:47Narrowly missing a home run on the first pitch he sees from Dana.
03:52And that ball smashed.
03:54That's really well struck.
03:56Deep out to left.
03:57Gone.
03:58Third homer of the game for the Rangers.
04:01It's four to nothing.
04:02Ezekiel Duran just pouring it on here in September.
04:06Nice little five-game streak with that home run.
04:09It's not often that you see a guy hit a foul home run and then in that same at-bat come
04:13back and hit a real one.
04:15But this ball is crushed out there into the Angel bullpen.
04:18Holden Carson.
04:19Kelly is on.
04:20That'll be a hit.
04:21Here's Jankowski.
04:22And he'll go after the first pitch.
04:24That one's into center field for a hit.
04:27Kelly will drop anchor at second.
04:29A home run and then back-to-back hits to start the second inning.
04:33Two men on and nobody out here in the bottom of the second for Marcus Simeon who started
04:38it all off with a first pitch fastball that he deposited out to left for a leadoff home
04:43run.
04:44This one flared out over first base into right field.
04:48That's a base hit around third base.
04:50Kelly, he'll score without a throw.
04:53RBI single by Simeon and it's five-nothing.
04:56Yeah, Marcus is really turning it around.
04:58Coming in today he had a four-game hitting streak extending it to five with the home
05:02run and then this is just a beautiful thing right here for a base hit and an RBI.
05:07Josh Smith draws the water so they are loaded.
05:11Still nobody out.
05:12Caden Dana's second major league start is short-lasting.
05:15He records only three outs.
05:16He is allowed five runs and the three men on the bases are his responsibility as Zephyr
05:21John will come in.
05:23Swing and a miss by Langford as Zephyr John strikes out the first batter he faces.
05:27And brings up Adoli Scarcia.
05:30And that one rolled down to third base.
05:32Stefanik goes to second for the one out on the first in time.
05:36Zephyr John comes in, strikes out Langford, gets the double play against Scarcia and limits
05:41further damage.
05:42So Ward becomes the first base runner of the afternoon for the Angels as he draws a lead
05:47off walk which extends his current on base streak to 18 games.
05:51That's one shy of his career best.
05:53Zach Neto will be the next hitter.
05:56Neto hits it fair down the left field line.
05:58The Angels have their first hit.
06:00Into the left field corner as Ward gets to third base he'll be held up.
06:04And a rally here.
06:05Second and third.
06:06Nobody out as Neto doubles.
06:07Fastball.
06:0892 mile an hour fastball.
06:09Middle in.
06:10And he turned on it.
06:11Quick hands there for Neto.
06:1229th double to go along with 29 stolen bases.
06:16So are the Angels threatening for the first time here this afternoon.
06:19LeBlanc now the batter.
06:21As LeBlanc hits one deep into the left field corner.
06:23Chasing after Langford near the wall.
06:26And it is gone.
06:27A home run.
06:28Charles LeBlanc punches one into the left field corner.
06:32And the Angels are right back in it.
06:34A three run shot.
06:35Makes it five to three.
06:36Boy that's just a great at bat.
06:37The launch angle.
06:3834 degrees.
06:39X.
06:40Velo.
06:41107 off the bat.
06:42Charles LeBlanc.
06:43Goes yard.
06:44And we've got one out here in the bottom of the fifth.
06:46Adolis Garcia coming up.
06:49Garcia it's a fly ball to left field.
06:51This one's going to carry right to the wall.
06:53And Taylor Ward makes the catch.
06:55Nice job.
06:56Good route to that wall.
06:58Great back up.
06:59Times the leap perfectly.
07:01Taylor Ward is our Arco top tier play today.
07:04Trying to keep that momentum on your side for the Halos.
07:07And this play right here could keep that going.
07:10So there's one out.
07:11A runner at third.
07:12You've got to find a way to get this runner home.
07:14Stefanik who tends to make contact.
07:17Round ball and that should get the run home.
07:19Although Smith thought about it.
07:20But he throws to first for the out.
07:22The infield was not all the way in.
07:24About three quarters of the way back.
07:26Smith thought about unleashing a throw to the plate.
07:28But Stefanik puts the ball in play.
07:30And arrives in a run.
07:31That's a big run there too.
07:32Especially when you have two strikes.
07:33It's going to get high fives.
07:34Making contact there.
07:35And Zach Netto has it infield.
07:37Head Ward ends up at third.
07:38The Angels with runners on the corner.
07:40The Rangers send out Mike Maddox their pitching coach.
07:43So I think they're probably maybe even talking some strategy here too with first and third.
07:48That's a huge spot with LeBlanc coming up.
07:51And that looked good.
07:52Strike three called.
07:53LeBlanc down looking.
07:54Two away.
07:55Boy that's a great cutter right here from David Robertson.
07:58Here's Brandon Drury.
08:00Swing and that ball is lifted out into right center field.
08:04Jankowski and Garcia coming together.
08:06And it's Travis Jankowski who makes the catch with Garcia right by his side.
08:11Drury the final out of the inning.
08:12So the Angels threaten but do not score.
08:15Lowe has his second hit of the day.
08:17Had a two run home run in the first.
08:19And now a single here.
08:20Josh Young 0-2 with a walk.
08:22Young lifts one to center field.
08:23In comes Moniak.
08:24A long way in.
08:25Still coming as he slides to make the catch.
08:27Nice play.
08:28Losing speed by Moniak in center.
08:31Moniak comes flying in and this ball just hangs up as he slides in and grabs that one
08:36about a foot off the turf.
08:37Nice play by Moniak for the first out.
08:40Ezekiel Duran will be the batter.
08:42And Duran pulls it down to third and that goes right under the glove of LeBlanc.
08:46Karens off that fence at an awkward angle and the third base goes low on the Duran double.
08:52It just really was not a good play at all.
08:55Not only was he unable to make the play but he didn't even knock it down at his feet or
08:59anything.
09:00So it ended up getting by him.
09:01But now it's runners at second and third and one out so you got to bring the infield in.
09:05Here's Carson Kelly now one for two with a walk.
09:08Now Kelly hits it hard.
09:09Neto's got it.
09:10Spins, throws, home and out at the plate is Nathaniel Lowe.
09:14What a play by Zach Neto.
09:15That ball was hit hard, spins around and makes the perfect throw to dish Zach Neto.
09:21What a play.
09:22Huge play.
09:23Keep it a one run ball game for the time being.
09:26Runners now at first and second with two men out.
09:28Travis Jankowski the batter.
09:31This one is lined out to right field.
09:32That's a huge hit.
09:33Here comes Duran and it gets past Adams.
09:34Kelly will score.
09:35Into third base Jankowski.
09:36Two huge runs added to the tally.
09:37And the Rangers are up seven to four.
09:38Well there you have it.
09:39There's those insurance runs.
09:40So the Rangers one out away here.
09:41A win this afternoon would give Texas three out of four in the series and would give the
09:57Rangers their fourth consecutive series win.
10:01And this one in the air.
10:03Short right field.
10:06Simeon all alone.
10:07He'll make the catch.
10:08This one is over.
10:09This one is over and the Rangers take three of four from the Angels and win seven games
10:15on this homestand.
10:16Yeah the Rangers right now are playing some of their best baseball all season long.
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