MLB

Texas Rangers at Los Angeles Angels

· Major League Baseball
Texas Rangers
78-84, 34-47 Away
Final
8 - 0
Los Angeles Angels
63-99, 32-49 Home

Nathan Eovaldi and Dustin Harris power Rangers to 8-0, season-ending sweep of Angels

Nathaniel Lowe also homered and Josh Smith drove in two runs for the Rangers, who were eliminated from postseason contention Sept. 20. Texas finished the season with its first sweep of a three-game series since late August, against the Chicago White Sox.

The Rangers finished 78-84, one season after going 90-72 and charging through the postseason on the way to their first World Series title in franchise history.

“We have work to do,” said Rangers manager Bruce Bochy, who twice won a World Series with the San Francisco Giants, failed to repeat then won a title the following season. “It's not a lot of fun watching the celebrations (of other teams). We have to come in ready to go next spring. We will make some adjustments and have a lot of work to do and not just on one thing but all facets of the game.”

Angels rookie starter Jack Kochanowicz (2-6) gave up three runs on six hits over seven innings in the 11th start of his career after making his big league debut July 11. The Angels finished with the most losses in franchise history at 63-99 after going 73-89 last season.

“We’ve already planned on what we need to do and then we’ll go to work,” Angels manager Ron Washington said. "It didn’t turn out the way we wanted to, losing 99 games. But there was a lot of fun and growth that happened. Some guys realized they can and some guys realized they have a long way to go. But there’s going to be some progress moving forward into ’25, I have no doubt about it.”

Texas scored first when Lowe hit a leadoff double to center in the fourth and Jonah Heim knocked him in one batter later with a single to left.

Harris delivered a two-run double in the seventh inning to right field on his first career hit for a 3-0 lead.

The Angels nearly broke through in the seventh, but Matt Thaiss was thrown out at home by Rangers left fielder Wyatt Langford. Thaiss was trying to score from second on a single by Michael Stefanic.

In the eighth inning, Langford led off with a single before Lowe homered to right, his 16th of the season, for a 5-0 advantage. Lowe had five hits and five RBI over the last two games of the season.

Harris’ first career home run, in the ninth inning off Roansy Contreras, just cleared the wall in right field. Smith added a two-run double later in the inning off Contreras.

“That's the moment I have been training for my whole life and it was pretty surreal; it was fun,” Harris said of the homer.

Eovaldi (12-8) gave up four hits over seven innings, with a walk and five strikeouts. Jose Leclerc pitched a scoreless eighth inning with two strikeouts, and David Robertson handled the ninth inning, closing out the 12th shutout of the season for Texas.

Like Andrew Heaney, who started for the Rangers on Saturday, Eovaldi's contract is set to expire and he might have pitched his last game in a Texas uniform.

“I've been in this situation before and we all understand how the business side of things work,” Eovaldi said, complimenting the vision of president of baseball operations Chris Young. “We were able to win a World Series together and I think that's the main thing that it always comes down to. We'll always be in touch. We'll always be rooting for one another.”

The Angels drew a crowd of 35,145 for the season finale and finished the season at 2,577,597, slightly down from their total attendance of 2,640,575 in 2023.

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Rangers: Spring training opener, Feb. 21 vs. Royals at Surprise, Arizona.

Angels: Spring training opener, Feb. 22 vs. Mariners at Tempe, Arizona.

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Matchup Prediction

Angels: 49.9%
Rangers: 50.1%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Kavadas struck out swinging.
9th Inning Campero to second on wild pitch by Robertson, Thaiss to third on wild pitch by Robertson.
9th Inning Campero safe at first on fielding error by second baseman Semien, Thaiss to second.
9th Inning Thaiss walked.
9th Inning Drury fouled out to catcher.
9th Inning Pillar lined out to left.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 1
17 Ground Balls 14
1 Strikeouts 8
8 Runs Batted In 0
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
11 Hits 4
2 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
8 Runs 0
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
38 At Bats 32
2 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
18 Runners Left On Base 15
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
1 Intentional Walks 0
3 Doubles 1
20 Fly Balls 10
0 Caught Stealing 0
124 Pitches 124
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
20 Total Bases 5
42 Plate Appearances 35
324.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
5 Extra Base Hits 1
7.2 Runs Created 0.4
.289 Batting Average .125
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.526 Slugging Percentage .156
.368 Secondary Average .094
.357 On Base Percentage .200
.883 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .356
0.9 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.4
7.0 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 0.4
57.0 Batter Rating 6.0
19.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
2.95 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.54
.237 Isolated Power .031
3.00 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.25
.071 Walks Per Plate Appearance .057
.079 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.031
16.0 Runs Produced 0.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.2
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.2
100.5 MLB Rating 59.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Angel Stadium

Location: Anaheim, California
Attendance: 35,145 | Capacity:

2024 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 88 73 .547 - W2
Seattle 85 77 .525 3.5 W4
Texas 78 84 .481 10.5 W3
Oakland 69 93 .426 19.5 L3
Los Angeles 63 99 .389 25.5 L6
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