Hamels pitches Rangers to second straight win over Angels

Cole Hamels allowed one run in six innings Saturday night, and Adrian Beltre hit his first home run of the season and doubled twice as the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels x-x.

The Angels scored their run against Hamels in the first inning, and had only three hits and two walks after that. They did run up Hamels’ pitch count to 95.

Beltre’s home run to center field off Garrett Richards opened the fourth and broke a 1-1 tie. Prince Fielder drove in the first run, and Bryan Holaday and Rougned Odor had RBI singles in the seventh.

Holaday entered in the fifth after Robinson Chirinos left with an injury right forearm, and Odor was batting second after Shin-Soo Choo was scratched with a strained right calf.

Hitting: Delino DeShields started the game with a double, went to third on a flyout to right field and scored on Fielder’s single to center. ... Beltre’s homer was one of several ball the Rangers hit well against Richards, including three in the fifth. Two were caught on the warning track, and Beltre hit one off the right-field wall for a double. ... The Angels got sloppy in the sixth as Yunel Escobar sailed a throw from the infield grass into the Rangers’ dugout for a two-base error. Andrus went to third on an errant pickoff try, and Holaday doubled just inside the left-field line. After moving to third, he scored on Odor’s single through an infield shift and into right field.　　

Pitching: The Angels started single, walk against Hamels, who got Mike Trout on a bouncer to first before Albert Pujols’ fielder’s choice brought in a run in a 27-pitch inning. ... Hamels induced three double plays to help him catch up on his pitch count. Though he had only one 1-2-3 inning, in the fourth, Hamels faced the minimum from the second to the fifth. A one-out walk and infield hit gave set up the Angels ahead of Trout and Pujols, but Trout bounced into a fielder’s choice and Pujols popped out. Hamels was at 95 pitches after six and didn’t return for the seventh. ... Keone Kela worked a perfect seventh that included two strikeouts, and Sam Dyson was perfect in the eighth. ... Tolleson worked around a one-out double by Trout for his second save of the season.

This story was originally published April 9, 2016 at 11:02 PM with the headline "Hamels pitches Rangers to second straight win over Angels."