The Big Chill doesn't fear the Angels.

Martin Perez started tonight's game, and it was a very solid outing for the lefty. He went 6 innings on 89 pitches (61 for strikes) with 6 strikeouts and 2 walks. The biggest of those innings was his final one, when he ended up with the bases loaded and 2 outs and the Rangers clinging to a 1-0 lead. He ended up striking out Johnny Giavotella to end the inning and turn the game over to the bullpen.
The offense was driven tonight by Ian Desmond and Nomar Mazara. At this point, that shouldn't really be surprising. Desmond was 3-for-4 with a run scored. Mazara was 3-for-3 with a walk, and had the biggest hit of the game, a 2-run home run to put Texas up 3-0 in the bottom of the 6th inning.
The only other hit came on an Elvis Andrus double that scored Adrian Beltre.
Another rough one for Prince Fielder. In his first plate appearance of the game, Prince worked a 3-2 count, only to have home plate umpire Ted Barrett call ball four as strike three. So, that was frustrating. Other than that, he was never really a threat.
Jake Diekman, Matt Bush, and Sam Dyson combined to work the 7th, 8th, and 9th innings. Nothing to see here, move along.
The Rangers find themselves in position to win yet another series with a day game tomorrow. Colby Lewis -- aka the non-human -- takes the mound at 1:05 PM against Hector Santiago and the Angels.

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