Stunning rally lifts Rangers over Angels

Pinch hitter Jonathan Ornelas had a game-tying two-run hit and Nathaniel Lowe scored the winning run on a throwing error with one out in the top of the ninth. The Texas Rangers defeated the Los Angeles Rangers 9-8 against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night in Anaheim, California.

Texas entered the ninth inning trailing 8-5 with the bases loaded against Jose Quijada (2-2) when Matt Duffy was hit by a ball at his foot abrasions. Lowe reached the bases after four consecutive foul shots to tie the game at two.

Ryan Miller replaced Quijada on the mound and Ornelas hit a sharp grounder past first baseman Niko Cavadas Kavadas). Right fielder Gustavo Campero was slow to retrieve the ball and pushed down shortstop Jack Lopez, allowing Lowe to score.

Texas (77-84) won for the third time in four games.

The Rangers trailed 7-1 in the third inning and led 8-3 entering the eighth when Lowe hit an RBI double and Jonah Heim hit Brock Burke. Brock Burke drove in a run and scored three runs.

Dane Dunning (5-7) capped the comeback with a 1-2-3 run in the eighth, and Kirby Yates retired in order in the ninth, his 33rd of the year. saves.

Lowe and Wyatt Langford hit solo home runs for the Rangers, who struck out starter Andrew Heaney and allowed a season-high seven runs and 10 hits in four innings.

Campello hit three runs in the third inning and hit his first career home run. After that blast, which put the Angels up 6-1, Cavadas followed up with a long pass to center.

Michael Stefanic hit a run-scoring ground-rule double and Kavadas scored on Taylor Ward's grounder in the second inning. Lopez scored a dozen goals in the Angels' three-game winning streak, but Los Angeles (63-98) ultimately lost for the eighth time in nine games.

The Angels' Logan O'Hoppe went 4-for-5 and scored two runs.

Los Angeles starter Griffin Canning allowed two runs on four hits in five innings.

–Scene-level media