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Hector Santiago is a cut above Rangers in Angels' 10-2 victory

BY JEFF FLETCHER / STAFF WRITER

Angels starting pitcher Hector Santiago delivers against the Rangers in the first inning Wednesday. All uniformed team members wore jersey number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day. TOM PENNINGTON, GETTY IMAGES

ARLINGTON, Texas – For a guy who once jumped into a swimming pool in his full uniform to wash off a bad start, an unusual haircut was nothing.

Especially not one that, to Hector Santiago’s unique brand of thinking, actually helped him pitch better.

“I just do some crazy things sometimes,” Santiago said after pitching seven dominant innings in the Angels’ 10-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday afternoon.