{"id":690245,"date":"2026-05-24T08:17:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/690245\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T08:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:17:21","slug":"mike-trout-hits-2-run-homer-and-angels-clinch-series-over-rangers-with-5-2-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/690245\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Trout hits 2-run homer and Angels clinch series over Rangers with 5-2 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Trout hit a two-run homer, Nolan Schanuel added an RBI double and the Los Angeles Angels clinched a series win with a 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>ANAHEIM, Calif.(AP) \u2014 Mike Trout hit a two-run homer, Nolan Schanuel added an RBI double and the Los Angeles Angels clinched a series win with a 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Zach Neto walked to open the bottom of the first inning before Trout launched his 13th home run of the year over the center-field wall for a 2-0 lead. Neto scored again in the fifth on Schanuel&#8217;s double to make it 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ktvb.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Schanuel exited after his hit with left calf tightness. Vaughn Grissom took over at first base.<\/p>\n<p>Oswald Peraza added insurance in the eighth with a two-run single.<\/p>\n<p>Walbert Ure\u00f1a (2-4) threw five innings, allowing one run and five hits while striking out six. Kirby Yates earned his first save of the season by pitching a hitless ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) gave up three runs and five hits in seven innings while striking out six for the Rangers. <\/p>\n<p>Ezequiel Duran hit a sacrifice fly in the second for Texas\u2019 first run, and Kyle Higashioka added his third homer of the year in the seventh on a 395-foot shot to center.<\/p>\n<p>The Angels had more hits (8) than strikeouts (6) for the second consecutive game and have won two in a row for the first time since May 5-6.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nUp next                    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/angels\/roster\/probable-pitchers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LHP Reid Detmers<\/a> (1-5, 5.07 ERA) pitches Sunday for the Angels, while the Rangers had not announced a scheduled starter for the series finale.<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mike Trout hit a two-run homer, Nolan Schanuel added an RBI double and the Los Angeles Angels clinched&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-690245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}