ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Torii Hunter drove in four runs Friday and the Los Angeles Angels overcame a nine-run Texas third to record a bizarre 15-13 win over the Rangers.
The teams combined for 41 hits -- 22 of them by the division-champion Angels.
Hunter hit a three-run homer in the first and Los Angeles appeared on its way to an easy win when they piled up a 7-0 lead going into the bottom of the third.
Texas, however, roughed up Matt Harrison for nine hits and nine runs in the inning. Chris Davis hit a three-run homer to finish off the frame.
Los Angeles closed within a run in the fourth and then scored five times in the fifth, an inning keyed by a two-run double from Mark Teixeira.
Darren Oliver (6-1) halted the Texas outburst in the third and got the win by pitching 2 1/3 innings. Scot Shields earned his third save.
The loss went to Jamey Wright (7-7), the second of six Texas pitchers who allowed five runs on six hits in just one inning.
