For the fourth time in five games, the Angels went quietly into the night Saturday, stymied by left-hander Cole Hamels in a 4-1 defeat at Angel Stadium.
The Angels have been outscored by 20 runs through five games, 29-9.
For six innings Saturday night, Hamels, the Texas Rangers' ace, outdueled Garrett Richards, the man the Angels need to be their ace. Hamels struck out four and did not give up an extra-base hit.
Richards, the 27-year-old right-hander, worked 6 2/3 innings in his second start of the season after an opening-day loss to the Chicago Cubs.