This week’s series was one of the biggest of the season thus far for both the Rangers and Angels
Texas has been in first place in the AL West all year long and began the four-game set with a five-game lead on the second-place Astros. Los Angeles was also within spitting distance at 6.5 games back. The Angels won the first two games and the Rangers won the third, so Thursday night’s finale was an opportunity for Texas to salvage a split.
In the bottom of the seventh, Texas had the tying run on third with one out and leadoff hitter Marcus Semien at the plate. With the count full, Chris Devenski threw a changeup low that Semien started to swing at. First-base umpire Ramon De Jesus ruled that Semien went around.
