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ARLINGTON, TEXAS - JUNE 06: Justin Foscue #14 of the Texas Rangers bats during a game against the Cleveland Guardians at Globe Life Field on June 06, 2026 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Texas Rangers scored eight runs while the Anaheim Angels scored three runs.
The Rangers had two hits entering the seventh inning tonight. By the end of the game, they had scored eight runs on 11 hits. This is the magic of playing the Angels, something that had not yet shown itself to Texas all season until tonight.
For a while it didn’t appear as though tonight would be the night either. Jacob deGrom allowed a pair of two-out run-scoring hits in the top of the first inning as Texas’ first inning ERA ballooned to 6.70 on the year.
Meanwhile, the Rangers had one hit entering the fifth inning. Luckily for them, that one hit scored two runs as a two-out RBI single from Nicky Lopez tied the game in the bottom of the second following a couple of walks allowed by Angels’ starter Jose Soriano.
The Rangers’ third hit of the night didn’t arrive until the seventh inning with Texas trailing 3-2. That hit scored their third run as Justin Foscue slashed a solo home run on a line just over the left field fence.
Texas trailed 3-2 at that juncture because Jacob deGrom exited after five innings and just 80 pitches in what appeared to be a bit of planned innings management for deGrom after a pretty taxing stretch for the pitching staff. With deGrom out, Cole Winn got through a scoreless inning but in a 2-2 game, the Angels took the lead two batters after Chris Martin entered to try to handle the seventh.
The 78 year old Martin with an elbow that probably looks like mashed up spaghetti has been bad all season but the collection of arms in a tied game is fairly uninspiring when you’re trying to get the game to Jacob Latz and with deGrom only penciled in for 80 pitches.
Thankfully the Rangers did a lot with the little they were doing at the plate before they broke out with five runs — including a three-run home run from Alejandro Osuna, his first of 2026 — in the bottom of the eighth to unbreak a 3-3 tie that transformed into an 8-3 win which didn’t even need to see the All-Star closer enter.
Couple a comeback win with a fall-from-ahead loss from the Seattle Mariners down in Miami and Texas remains above .500 and just a half game out of first place in the American League West.
Player of the Game: Foscue had the pinch hit, game-tying solo home run in the seventh and then had an RBI hit in the five run rally in the eighth immediately after Ezequiel Duran had singled in the go-ahead and eventual game-winning run.
That late-inning heroics eventually allowed the Rangers to earn their first win of the year against last place Anaheim.
Up Next: The Rangers and Angels will play more baseball tomorrow with LHP MacKenzie Gore expected to make the start for Texas opposite RHP Walbert Urena for Anaheim.
The Wednesday evening first pitch from The Shed is scheduled for 7:05 pm CDT and you can catch it on the Rangers Sports Network.
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