Josh Hamilton didn’t quiet the Angel Stadium crowd. All he did was beat up on his old team on their home field, leading the Rangers to a 4-2 victory over the Angels on Friday night.
Hamilton finished the night two for four with a double and two runs scored. Each time he touched a bat or came near the ball, the crowd of 42,046 rained down boos, still mindful of the two poor seasons and an acrimonious split this season.
However, the jeers hardly affected Hamilton, who said before the game that he expected them. He handled a lazy fly ball off the bat of Kole Calhoun in the first inning, one of his only defensive opportunities of the night, and after striking out in his first at-bat, lined a double into the right-field corner with one out in the fifth.