ARLINGTON -- The Angels wasted little time jumping on Rangers rookie Ariel Jurado, scoring five runs in the first inning to surge to an early lead in Thursday night's series opener at Globe Life Park.
The Angels opened the game with five consecutive singles by Kole Calhoun, David Fletcher, Justin Upton, Shohei Ohtani and Albert Pujols, bringing in a pair of runs and loading the bases with no outs against Jurado. Andrelton Simmons flied out to left field for the first out, but Francisco Arcia followed with a two-run double down the third-base line to extend the Angels' lead to 4-0.