ANAHEIM -- Mike Trout keeps finding ways to make the old version of himself show up.
On Thursday night at Angel Stadium, the Angels’ star matched a feat he hadn’t pulled off since 2018, collecting three hits for a second straight game as Los Angeles rolled past Texas 7-0. The win gave the Angels the series and locked in a winning record against the Rangers this season.
The offense kept humming after a 16-game stretch in which the Angels were held to four runs or fewer. They scored five on Wednesday, then came back with 15 hits Thursday, their second-highest total of the season. Trout was right in the middle of it, extending a surge that had the Angels looking sharp against Rangers ace Jacob deGrom before he left because of injury.
Trout’s back-to-back three-hit games were his first since he did it in three straight from May 4-6, 2018. The Angels, meanwhile, reached at least five runs in consecutive games for the first time since July 8-9 against Texas.
The victory also nudged Los Angeles past the Athletics and into sole possession of fourth place in the AL West for the first time since April 29. Since dismissing coaches Mike Maddux, Darryl Scott and Dom Chiti on Tuesday, the Angels are 3-0 with a 1.33 ERA.
Walbert Ureña was the one who cashed in on all that support. The right-hander kept his rookie season rolling with six scoreless innings, outpitching deGrom and improving to 8-8 with a 2.67 ERA in 22 appearances, 20 of them starts.
He allowed just two hits and two walks while striking out five. In 107 2/3 innings, he’s now up to 102 strikeouts and 57 walks, and his ERA ranks second among qualified rookies behind Cleveland left-hander Parker Messick’s 2.59.
The Angels have had deGrom’s number before, and they went right after him again. Their biggest blow came in the second inning, when they stacked together five hits and two runs against the two-time Cy Young Award winner. It was the first time deGrom had given up five hits in an inning since Sept. 5, 2017, and he left after that frame with right triceps fatigue.
Once deGrom was out, Los Angeles kept pouring it on. The Angels scored four times in the fifth against veteran lefty Jordan Montgomery. Denzer Guzman drove in the first run with an infield RBI single with the bases loaded, Josh Lowe followed with a two-run single, and Jose Siri added another on an RBI groundout.
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