Los Angeles Angels at Texas Rangers

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LAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	0
TEX	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	—	8	11	0

José Soriano and Jacob deGrom took the mound for a matchup of two arms trending in opposite directions lately, with first pitch at 7:05 PM CT. Soriano had racked up 9 strikeouts in his last outing against Seattle but still took the loss, while deGrom was coming off one of his best starts of the year against Cleveland, touching 100+ mph for the first time in years. Whoever blinked first looked like the whole story, and for a while it stayed close.

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Angels(36-55)

LLLLL

3

+1.5-150+147o7.5+122

Rangers(45-45)

LLWLW

8

-1.5+144-150u7.5-125

Best BetRangers -169

Postgame

The pick hit clean — deGrom and the Rangers rolled to an 8-3 win, exactly the outcome the moneyline lean called for.

Pregame

Texas was priced as the clear favorite at -155, and deGrom coming off a dominant Cleveland start made backing the Rangers to win outright the easy read. Soriano has swing-and-miss stuff but has been prone to allowing runs to slip through, and the Angels' offense has been ice cold for over a week. Laying the number with the better pitcher and the healthier trajectory made sense.

Texas is scraping by missing pieces of its infield right now. Corey Seager is on the injured list with lower-back inflammation, Josh Jung was out of Tuesday's lineup with a knee issue, and Wyatt Langford is still working his way back from a hamstring strain. The Angels, meanwhile, had actual good injury news for once — Mike Trout has been closing in on a return from his own hamstring strain and flagged this very series as his likely landing spot, most likely as a DH given the turf at Globe Life Field.

José Soriano

(8-6)·3.43 ERA

Jun 30 @ Mariners

L

5.0IP

3ER

9K

1BB

91P

07/07 Lineup

Jacob deGrom

(7-6)·3.76 ERA

Jun 30 @ Guardians

W

7.0IP

2ER

9K

0BB

96P

07/07 Lineup

None of that mattered once the game actually played out. The Angels have been in a genuine spiral, and the Rangers, sitting right at .500, have been trying to find consistent footing themselves after a choppy stretch of their own. Both clubs looked shaky in patches early, but only one side had the bullpen depth and lineup punch to cash in when it counted.

Los Angeles Angels

(36-55)

Jul 6Lvs Red Sox5-7

Jul 5Lvs Red Sox1-8

Jul 4Lvs Red Sox2-5

Jul 3L@ Mariners0-1

Jul 1L@ Mariners3-8

Texas Rangers

(45-45)

Jul 5Lvs Tigers3-6

Jul 4Lvs Tigers0-3

Jul 3Wvs Tigers10-4

Jul 1L@ Guardians4-9

Jun 30W@ Guardians4-2

The Angels dropped this one as their sixth straight loss, a skid that started with a series loss in Seattle and turned uglier when Boston swept them at home over the weekend. This club has been getting cold bats and shaky length from the rotation for over a week now, and Tuesday's loss in Texas was just the latest domino. A trip to face a division winner's ace was about the worst possible spot to try to snap it.

Los Angeles Angels

(12)

• 10-Day-ILAdam Frazier (2B) — The Angels announced Saturday that Frazier (elbow) has been hitting on the field, taking grounders and running, but he's not yet throwing at full intensity, MLB.com reports.07/05
• 10-Day-ILMike Trout (CF) — Trout (hamstring) took batting practice on the field Saturday and said he could return from the 10-day injured list during the Angels' upcoming series with the Rangers, which begins Tuesday, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.07/05
• 10-Day-ILSebastian Rivero (C) — Rivero was removed from Tuesday's game against the Astros with an apparent left hand injury, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.06/10
• 10-Day-ILGustavo Campero (C) — The Angels selected Campero's contract from Double-A Rocket City and placed him on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to a fractured hand.06/06
• 15-Day-ILGrayson Rodriguez (SP) — Rodriguez (back) allowed one earned run on four hits and no walks while striking out five across 5.1 innings during his rehab start with Triple-A Salt Lake on Saturday.07/05
• 60-Day-ILBen Joyce (RP) — Joyce (shoulder) is set to begin a minor-league rehab assignment with the Angels' Arizona Complex league squad Tuesday, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.07/07
• 60-Day-ILTravis d'Arnaud (C) — D'Arnaud (foot) has been swinging a bat and throwing, but he has yet to resume running and is expected to be out for multiple more weeks, per MLB.com.07/05
• 60-Day-ILYusei Kikuchi (SP) — Kikuchi (shoulder) threw a bullpen session Sunday, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.07/05
• 60-Day-ILJack Kochanowicz (SP) — Kochanowicz's Tommy John surgery on his right elbow was deemed "successful," per MLB.com.06/27
• 60-Day-ILYoan Moncada (3B) — Moncada will require surgery on his right knee, Francys Romero of BeisbolFR.com reports.06/09
• 60-Day-ILRobert Stephenson (RP) — The Angels announced that Stephenson underwent ligament and flexor repair surgery on his right elbow Wednesday and is likely to miss the remainder of the season, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILAnthony Rendon (3B) — The Angels placed Rendon (hip) on the 60-day injured list Tuesday.05/08

Texas Rangers

(13)

• Day-To-DayJosh Jung (3B) — Jung (knee) is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Angels.07/07
• 10-Day-ILWyatt Langford (LF) — Langford (hamstring) ran at a high intensity Tuesday and hopes to be reinstated before the All-Star break begins next week, Jeff Wilson of AllDLLS.com reports.07/07
• 10-Day-ILCorey Seager (SS) — The Rangers placed Seager on the 10-day injured list Wednesday due to lower-back inflammation.07/01
• 10-Day-ILCody Freeman (3B) — The Rangers placed Freeman on the 10-day injured list Thursday due to a herniated disc.06/25
• 10-Day-ILDanny Jansen (C) — Jansen (forearm) was able to throw out to 60 feet Saturday, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.06/22
• 15-Day-ILJakob Junis (RP) — Junis received an injection Saturday for the hip impingement that landed him on the injured list, MLB.com reports.07/05
• 15-Day-ILJalen Beeks (RP) — Beeks (back) will miss the rest of the 2026 season after undergoing arm surgery, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.07/04
• 15-Day-ILJack Leiter (SP) — Leiter underwent arthroscopic surgery to remove a loose body from his right ankle region Tuesday and should be considered out indefinitely, Kennedi Landry of MLB.com reports.06/23
• 60-Day-ILJordan Montgomery (SP) — Montgomery (elbow) struck out three over two perfect innings in a rehab start Saturday with Double-A Frisco.06/29
• 60-Day-ILMichael Helman (CF) — Texas transferred Helman (hand) to the 60-day injured list Friday.06/19
• 60-Day-ILRobert Garcia (RP) — The Rangers transferred Garcia (shoulder) from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Monday.06/01
• 60-Day-ILCarter Baumler (RP) — Baumler (intercostal) has been shut down from his rehab assignment, MLB.com reports.05/23
• 60-Day-ILCody Bradford (SP) — Bradford (elbow) began throwing from 60 feet during the Rangers' most recent homestand, MLB.com reports05/10

The two teams traded zeros for most of the night before Texas turned a nothing lead into a laugher with a five-run 8th inning that buried the visitors. Soriano and the Angels' bullpen simply ran out of answers late, while deGrom did enough over his outing to keep the door open for the offense to finish the job.

It's a game that adds to a growing gap between these two clubs' trajectories. Texas keeps grinding at .500 with real top-of-rotation stuff when deGrom is right, while the Angels are searching for anything to slow the bleeding before the All-Star break arrives.