The Angels ended their first half like they played it, surviving when they shouldn’t have. They topped the Texas Rangers, 3-0, on Sunday at Globe Life Park, recording a rare victory while notching only five hits and salvaging an imperfect performance from their starting pitcher.
Seventy games remain in the Angels’ season. They won 45 of their first 92, not enough to generate genuine excitement in Anaheim, but sufficient to keep them alive in the American League wild-card race.
To begin Sunday, Albert Pujols grabbed hold of a hooking curveball from Yu Darvish and redirected it 407 feet to left field for a home run.