Watch CBS News

Rangers Beat Angels, 7-3, In Griffin's First Start Since 2013

ANAHEIM (AP) — A.J. Griffin got the victory in his first major league appearance in more than two seasons and Rougned Odor homered, leading the Texas Rangers over the Los Angeles Angels 7-3 on Friday night.

Griffin threw 88 pitches over six innings, allowing three runs with two walks and a strikeout. He was brought up from Triple-A earlier in the day.

The 28-year-old right-hander signed with Texas as a free agent in December after missing the previous two seasons with the Oakland A's following Tommy John surgery. Angel Stadium also was the site of his previous big league outing on Sept. 24, 2013.

Rangers leadoff man Delino DeShields tied a career high with three stolen bases and scored twice, once on a wild pitch by reliever Cam Bedrosian in the fourth to give the Rangers a 6-2 lead.

That run was charged to Matt Shoemaker (0-1), who gave up six runs, seven hits and three walks in his season debut.

Shoemaker was 4-0 with a 2.39 ERA in his four previous career starts against the Rangers.

The first five batters reached base in the Rangers' first, which included RBI singles by Prince Fielder and Adrian Beltre and a run-scoring double by Mitch Moreland.

Odor, who homered four times against the Angels last season, made it 5-1 with a two-run shot in the fifth after a walk to Ian Desmond.

The Angels got their runs on an RBI groundout by Carlos Perez in the second, an RBI single by Kole Calhoun in the third and an RBI triple by Cliff Pennington in the fourth.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rangers: RHP Yu Darvish, coming off elbow surgery, will throw a bullpen session Saturday in Arlington. . RHP Luke Jackson, on the disabled list because of a stress fracture in his lower back, is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Round Rock this weekend.

Angels: RHP Jered Weaver came out of Thursday's bullpen session in good shape and is slated to make his season debut in Sunday's series finale.

UP NEXT

Rangers: LHP Cole Hamels (1-0) is 8-0 with a 3.16 ERA over his last 11 starts, including a season-opening 3-2 win over Seattle in which he allowed two runs in seven innings. The 2008 World Series and NLCS MVP beat the Angels 9-2 with a complete-game three-hitter in his final regular season start of 2015.

Angels: RHP Garrett Richards (0-1) gave up three runs over five innings in his first career opening day start, a 9-0 loss to the Cubs. He is 8-2 with a 2.98 ERA in 14 career starts against the Rangers, including a loss to Hamels in the Angels' 2015 season finale.

(Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

View CBS News In
CBS News App Open
Chrome Safari Continue
Be the first to know
Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.