Texas Rangers Defeat Los Angeles Angels 5-3, Improve to 65-66

Final result

Texas Rangers defeated Los Angeles Angels 5-3 in 9 innings.

MLB data listed Los Angeles Angels at 52-79 (.397).

MLB data listed Texas Rangers at 65-66 (.496).

How the game changed

Scoring by inning: 2nd — Texas Rangers 3 runs; 5th — Texas Rangers 2 runs; 8th — Los Angeles Angels 3 runs.

Elias Díaz (Texas Rangers): 1 hit, 2 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Zach Neto (Los Angeles Angels): 2 hits, 1 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Cal Quantrill (Texas Rangers): 6.0 innings and 6 strikeouts, (W, 6-4). Ezequiel Duran (Texas Rangers): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Gustavo Campero (Los Angeles Angels): 2 hits, 1 RBI, 0 runs. Cody Freeman (Texas Rangers): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 run.

Ezequiel Duran hit a home run for Texas Rangers in the bottom of the 2nd (1 RBI). Elias Díaz hit a home run for Texas Rangers in the bottom of the 5th (1 RBI). Zach Neto hit a home run for Los Angeles Angels in the top of the 8th (1 RBI).

Season and playoff context

This was Game 3 of 3 in the regular-season series.

In the 2026 standings, the Los Angeles Angels were 52-79, 4th in the division, 13.0 games back in the division, 11th in the wild-card standings, 13.0 wild-card games back, elimination number 19, wild-card elimination number 19.

In the 2026 standings, the Texas Rangers were 65-66, 2nd in the division, 4th in the wild-card standings, wild-card elimination number 32.

Official game sources

• MLB Stats API game feed
• MLB Stats API box score
• MLB Stats API line score
• MLB Stats API standings