ARLINGTON, Texas — Tyler Anderson has been one of the few consistent bright spots for the Angels in 2024, and he shined again Saturday night at Globe Life Field.
But just as his record indicates, he did not receive a whole lot of help.
Instead of celebrating his 11th win, the Angels were left with a 6-4 loss after the Texas Rangers rallied to score three runs in the seventh.
Anderson, the Angels’ lone All-Star, held the Rangers to two runs over five innings but was replaced to start the sixth after throwing 92 pitches. He left with a 4-2 lead and in line to improve to 11-12.
Instead, the Rangers rallied with two outs and the bases empty against Victor Mederos, who replaced Hunter Strickland after Strickland threw a scoreless sixth.
Mederos recorded two quick outs but walked Ezequiel Duran and Carson Kelly ahead of Rangers leadoff hitter Marcus Semien. Mederos’ Ball 4 to Duran came on a pitch clock violation. Semien ripped a 1-0 fastball to center to score the first run and Josh Smith’s single to right scored two more and gave Texas the lead. The Rangers added a run in the eighth on Wyatt Langford’s double against Roansy Contreras.
Taylor Ward, whose 14-game hit streak was snapped Thursday night, led off the game with his 22nd home run of the season. The Angels added another run in the first on Anthony Rendon’s sacrifice fly to right, after Zach Neto was hit by a pitch, stole second, and moved to third on a wild pitch.
After the Rangers tied it with two runs in the fifth, the Angels reclaimed the lead with two more in the sixth. Neto led off with a walk, which was it for Rangers rookie starter Jack Leiter. Left-hander Andrew Chafin replaced him. Chafin’s wild pitch on ball four to Nolan Schanuel bounced in front of catcher Jonah Heim and ricocheted sharply toward the Texas dugout. Neto was already rounding third base and noticed Chafin hadn’t started toward home and Neto slid in safely ahead of Heim’s throw, which sailed by Chafin, allowing Schanuel to move up to second base and later score on Mickey Moniak’s single to right.
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