{"id":689189,"date":"2026-05-23T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/689189\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T20:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:00:17","slug":"angels-face-the-rangers-with-1-0-series-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/689189\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels face the Rangers with 1-0 series lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Rangers<\/a> (24-26, third in the AL West) vs. Los Angeles Angels<\/a> (18-34, fifth in the AL West)<\/p>\n

Anaheim, California; Saturday, 10:05 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi<\/a> (5-4, 3.62 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 55 strikeouts); Angels: Walbert Urena<\/a> (1-4, 2.70 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 30 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Rangers -140, Angels +117; over\/under is 8 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Angels take a 1-0 advantage into the next game of the series against the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has a 10-16 record at home and an 18-34 record overall. The Angels are 5-9 in games decided by one run.<\/p>\n

Texas has a 24-26 record overall and a 13-16 record in road games. Rangers hitters have a collective .379 slugging percentage to rank ninth in the AL.<\/p>\n

The matchup Saturday is the second time these teams match up this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Nolan Schanuel<\/a> has 11 doubles and four home runs for the Angels. Zach Neto<\/a> is 8 for 37 with a double and four home runs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

Jake Burger<\/a> has eight doubles, nine home runs and 33 RBI for the Rangers. Ezequiel Duran<\/a> is 12 for 42 with four doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Angels: 2-8, .194 batting average, 6.20 ERA, outscored by 37 runs<\/p>\n

Rangers: 5-5, .251 batting average, 3.56 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Angels: Yusei Kikuchi<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Yoan Moncada<\/a>: 10-Day IL (knee), Ben Joyce<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Travis d’Arnaud<\/a>: 10-Day IL (foot), Drew Pomeranz: 15-Day IL (elbow), Robert Stephenson<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Rendon<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip)<\/p>\n

Rangers: Cody Freeman<\/a>: 10-Day IL (back ), Wyatt Langford<\/a>: 10-Day IL (forearm), Josh Smith<\/a>: 10-Day IL (glute), MacKenzie Gore<\/a>: day-to-day (lat), Corey Seager<\/a>: 10-Day IL (back), Carter Baumler: 15-Day IL (ribs), Robert Garcia: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Montgomery<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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