Halos Went Long Ball, To Draw Even In Weekend Series!

Arlington, TX- Saturday night the Halos and Rangers went to battle in game two of a three game series. The Halos needed an important win to stay close to the AL West Division leading Rangers. Texas had a chance to widen their lead to four games in the AL West, with a win.

The Rangers went long ball on Friday night, tonight the Halos hit four homers off C.J. Wilson. Wells, Trout, Wilson, and Bourjos hit solo shots. Wilson left the game after five innings pitched dishing out 10 hits and allowing six earned runs. The Rangers were behind 6-2 when Wilson exited the game. Rangers scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, when Cruz singled to right fielder Mike Trout. Santana threw a wild pitch and Cruz moved to second. Murphy then hit his seventh homer of the season, when he deposited it into the right field seats. Halos added two more runs in the top of the seventh inning, when Howie Kendrick homered off Uehara into center field to make it 7-4. Tori Hunter doubled to left fielder Josh Hamilton, Vernon Wells hit a triple up the alley between center fielder Endy Chavez and right fielder Nellie Cruz to score Tori Hunter from second base. Halos went on to defeat the Rangers 8-4 to pull within two games of the Rangers.

The Halos look to draw within one game after the Sundays night show down with the Rangers on ESPN. The Rangers are looking to bounce back when they send Colby Lewis to the mound. The Halos will have their ace pitcher Jared Weaver on the mound. Weaver is going tomorrow night with only three days rest.

Tomorrow Nights Game: Angels vs Rangers 7:05 (CST) On ESPN-HD