Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 11, LA Angels 7
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, August 26, 2011
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 102°
Umpires: Home - Ron Kulpa, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Mark Wegner
Attendance: 38256

Nelson Cruz homered twice and drove in six runs as the American League West-leading Rangers topped the second-place Los Angeles Angels 11-7 on Friday in Texas.

The Rangers, who extended their division lead to three games and snapped the Angels' six-game winning streak, jumped ahead to stay in the second inning on a two-run double by Cruz, who added a solo homer in the fourth and a three-run shot in the sixth to give Texas an 11-0 lead.

David Murphy's grand slam in the fifth against Dan Haren (13-7) put Texas ahead 7-0.

Derek Holland (12-5) allowed one run, eight hits and struck out eight in 6 2/3 innings. Haren gave up seven runs and 11 hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Russell Branyan hit a three-run homer in the eighth and Howie Kendrick added a two-run shot in the ninth for the Angels, who surrendered 18 hits.

Cruz finished 4-for-5, while Murphy and Michael Young had three hits apiece.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   Texas
Dan Haren Player Derek Holland
Loss W/L Win
4.1 IP 6.2
3 Strikeouts 6
11 Hits 8
12.46 ERA 1.35
Hitting
LA Angels   Texas
Vernon Wells Player Nelson Cruz
2 Hits 4
0 RBI 6
0 HR 2
3 TB 11
.667 Avg .800
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Angels 14 2 22 .368 16 7 7 2 0 1
Texas 18 3 32 .429 22 8 11 1 1 0