.After Jose Leclerc walked the first two batters in the Angels 10th, Tony Barnette relieved. He got Albert Pujols to ground into a double, gave up an RBI single to Kole Calhoun and then got the last out for his first major league save.Alex Claudio (3-1) pitched two innings for the win.Luis Valbuena homered and drove in four runs for the Angels.Valbuena tied the game at 4 in the sixth. Andrelton Simmons doubled, stole third and scored on Valbuena's single.The Rangers scored single runs in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings. Their first three runs came via the solo homer - two by Beltre and one from Chirinos.Beltre has 16 home runs this season.The Angels trailed 3-0 in the fourth when Pujols and Simmons singled ahead of Valbuena's three-run homer. Valbuena has 16 home runs on the season, 10 since the start of July.Neither starting pitcher was involved in the final decision.Andrew Heaney, making his second start since Tommy John surgery and first at home since April 5, 2016, went five-plus innings. He gave up four runs and eight hits, including three homers.Andrew Cashner went six innings for Texas and allowed four runs.TRAINER'S ROOMRangers: INF/OF Joey Gallo (concussion) has rejoined the team and begun working out. He is eligible to come off the disabled list Tuesday. . OF Carlos Gomez (back cyst) is eligible to come off the disabled list Saturday. The only concern appears to be the stitches breaking apart.Angels: 3B Yunel Escobar (oblique) worked out for a second day and could next be headed for a rehab assignment. . RHP Garrett Richards (biceps strain) is scheduled to pitch a second simulated game Friday at the team's Arizona facility.UP NEXTRangers: LHP Martin Perez (8-10) is scheduled to start the four-game series finale against the Angels. Has gone 4-2 with a 2.38 ERA over his last seven starts.Angels: RHP Troy Scribner (2-0) was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake and is scheduled to start in place of injured RHP JC Ramirez (elbow strain). He last made a spot start Aug. 8, holding Baltimore to one run on two hits in five innings.---More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
Angels' Heaney continues comeback vs. Rangers 1h ago• 2 min read ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Andrew Heaney will take the mound for the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday against the Texas Rangers.And it is a big deal.It will be the left-hander's second start of the season, which is one more start than Heaney had all of last year when he started the second game of the season for the Angels against the eventual World Series champion Chicago Cubs.Heaney gave up four runs and seven hits in six innings, then felt something going on with his left arm. It turned out it was his elbow, and it meant Tommy John surgery.The Angels essentially counted Heaney out for all of 2017, but he made a quick recovery, returning to a major league mound 13 1/2 months after his operation, starting Friday against the Baltimore Orioles. Heaney got a no-decision after allowing five runs and seven hits in five innings of the Angels' 9-7 loss.Though the injury cost him nearly two seasons, he opts to look at the bright side."Right now, the way I feel, (the surgery) is going to be a really (lousy) thing that's a positive thing for my career," he told the Orange County Register. "I learned how to train better. I learned how to eat better. I learned how to take care of my body better." Heaney came to the Angels after being traded twice in one day in December 2014. The Marlins traded him in a multi-player deal to the Dodgers, who then sent Heaney to the Angels for second baseman Howie Kendrick.After beginning 2015 in the minors, Heaney joined the Angels' rotation midway through that season and wound up going 6-4 with a 3.49 ERA in 18 starts.That included two starts against the Rangers, in which he was 1-1 with a 5.23 ERA. Elvis Andrus (3-for-5), Adrian Beltre (2-for-5), Delino DeShields Jr. (2-for-5) and Mike Napoli (2-for-4) all have had success against Heaney.Andrew Cashner, who will pitch for Texas on Wednesday, has made 20 starts this year despite missing time due to an oblique strain and a stiff neck. Despite his losing record (7-9), he has the best ERA (3.31) among the club's starters.Cashner has been particularly good lately, going 4-2 with a 2.38 ERA in his past seven starts. He gave up three earned runs or fewer and pitched into the sixth inning in all seven of those games.Rangers manager Jeff Banister hopes to get a similar performance from Cashner and keep some of the pressure off of his young and inexperienced bullpen."These guys are gaining experience every single time they go out," Banister said. "It's a situation where it's all hands (on deck). There's nobody that is relegated to one single inning. It's more looking at who's fresh, the set of hitters, the combination of pitches vs. the hitter. It's going to be mix and match the rest of the way." Cashner is 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA in four career games (one start) against the Angels.Los Angeles beat Texas 10-1 on Tuesday to even the four-game series after the Rangers won the opener 5-3 on Monday.
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