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Jorge Soler, Mike Trout hit key homers as Angels win slugfest

July 10, 2025 by Los Angeles Daily News

  • Angels star Mike Trout, center, and catcher Logan O’Hoppe, right,...

    Angels star Mike Trout, center, and catcher Logan O’Hoppe, right, greet Jorge Soler, left, as he returns to the dugout after hitting a tie-breaking two-run home run during the eighth inning on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
  • Angels starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks throws to the plate during...

    Angels starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks throws to the plate during the first inning of a game against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • The Angels’ Travis d’Arnaud scores on a sacrifice fly by...

    The Angels’ Travis d’Arnaud scores on a sacrifice fly by Nolan Schanuel during the third inning of a game against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kumar Rocker throws to the plate...

    Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kumar Rocker throws to the plate during the first inning of a game against the Angels on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • Angels starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks gets set to pitch to...

    Angels starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks gets set to pitch to the Texas Rangers’ Jonah Heim during the second inning on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • Texas Rangers center fielder van Carter watches a ball hit...

    Texas Rangers center fielder van Carter watches a ball hit by the Angels’ Mike Trout go over the fence for a two-run home run during the third inning on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • Angels star Mike Trout, center, runs the bases after hitting...

    Angels star Mike Trout, center, runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run as Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Smith, left, and starting pitcher Kumar Rocker stand by during the third inning on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • Angels star Mike Trout hits a solo home run during...

    Angels star Mike Trout hits a solo home run during the fifth inning of a game against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • Angels star Mike Trout hits a solo home run during...

    Angels star Mike Trout hits a solo home run during the fifth inning of their game against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night at Angel Stadium. Trout hit two of the Angels’ four homers in an 11-8 win. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • The Texas Rangers’ Wyatt Langford is congratulated by teammates in...

    The Texas Rangers’ Wyatt Langford is congratulated by teammates in the dugout after scoring on a single by Kyle Higashioka during the sixth inning of a game against the Angels on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • The Texas Rangers’ Marcus Semien hits a two-run home run...

    The Texas Rangers’ Marcus Semien hits a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a game against the Angels on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • The Texas Rangers’ Marcus Semien, right, is congratulated by teammate...

    The Texas Rangers’ Marcus Semien, right, is congratulated by teammate Adolis Garcia after hitting a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a game against the Angels on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • Texas Rangers relief pitcher Chris Martin yells as he walks...

    Texas Rangers relief pitcher Chris Martin yells as he walks off the field after giving up two runs during the seventh inning of a game against the Angels on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • The Angels’ Jorge Soler hits a tie-breaking two-run home run...

    The Angels’ Jorge Soler hits a tie-breaking two-run home run during the eighth inning of a game against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • The Angels’ Jorge Soler, left, trots home after hitting a...

    The Angels’ Jorge Soler, left, trots home after hitting a tie-breaking two-run home run as Texas Rangers relief pitcher Luke Jackson stretches on the mound during the eighth inning on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Smith fields a ball hit...

    Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Smith fields a ball hit for a single by the Angels’ Zach Neto during the eighth inning on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • Texas Rangers relief pitcher Luke Jackson bites his jersey as...

    Texas Rangers relief pitcher Luke Jackson bites his jersey as he walks off the field after giving up three runs during the eighth inning of a game against the Angels on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • Angels relief pitcher Kenley Jansen throws to the plate during...

    Angels relief pitcher Kenley Jansen throws to the plate during the ninth inning of a game against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • Angels left fielder Taylor Ward can’t handle a ball hit...

    Angels left fielder Taylor Ward can’t handle a ball hit for a double by the Texas Rangers’ Corey Seager during the ninth inning on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  • Angels relief pitcher Kenley Jansen gestures after the final out...

    Angels relief pitcher Kenley Jansen gestures after the final out of the ninth inning in their 11-8 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
  • Angels outfielders Jo Adell, center, Taylor Ward, left, and LaMonte...

    Angels outfielders Jo Adell, center, Taylor Ward, left, and LaMonte Wade Jr., celebrate after the final out of the ninth inning in their 11-8 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
  • Angels shortstop Zach Neto, left, and center fielder Jo Adell...

    Angels shortstop Zach Neto, left, and center fielder Jo Adell congratulate each other after an 11-8 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Angels star Mike Trout, center, and catcher Logan O’Hoppe, right, greet Jorge Soler, left, as he returns to the dugout after hitting a tie-breaking two-run home run during the eighth inning on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

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ANAHEIM — The Angels slugged last in an epic slugfest.

Jorge Soler hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the eighth to lift the Angels to an 11-8 victory over the Texas Rangers in a rollercoaster of a game on Wednesday night.

Soler, who has been in a slump for much of the last two months, got ahead 3-and-1 and then launched a 421-foot homer. He took a few moments to watch the ball fly, no doubt relishing the success after what’s gone wrong for him lately. Nolan Schanuel added an RBI single later in the inning.

Mike Trout hit two homers for the Angels, a game-tying two-run blast in the third and then a go-ahead solo shot in the fifth, leading an outburst that helped erase the memory of a blowout loss on Tuesday night.

“The offense obviously picked us up big tonight, and to bounce back after last night was great,” interim manager Ray Montgomery said. “We live and die on the home run and we get a few tonight.”

It was Trout’s first multi-homer game since he came back from the injured list on May 30.

“We know what he’s capable of at any given AB,” Montgomery said. “He can change the game anytime he’s in the box. Tonight was awesome, and it’s good to see him drive the ball the other way, like that too.”

In the 36 games since he returned from the IL, heading into Wednesday, Trout had a higher on-base percentage (.419) than slugging percentage (.413). That was a sign that he’d been drawing plenty of walks but not doing his customary damage when he swung the bat.

“Just seeing the ball and putting good swings on the ball, the homers will be there,” Trout said. “When you barrel balls up, good things happen.”

With 16 homers this season, Trout is up to 394 for his career.

Soler and Trout had the biggest hits on a night when all nine Angels starters had at least one of the team’s 12 hits.

Jo Adell had a go-ahead RBI double in the third, and has reached by a hit or a walk in 20 straight games.

Travis d’Arnaud had two hits, including a homer. Taylor Ward had a game-tying two-run single in the seventh, and he also walked.

The Angels (45-47), who have been among the major league leaders in strikeouts all season, struck out just twice.

The barrage helped the Angels on a night when a few of the eight pitchers they used had trouble getting through clean innings.

Starter Kyle Hendricks had one of his rougher outings of the season, allowing five runs in 3⅔ innings. Although Hendricks has been unspectacular this season, he’s done well to get through at least five innings while allowing three runs or fewer in most of his starts.

This time, though, the Rangers (45-48) were on him from the start.

Hendricks gave up six hits, including a Kyle Higashioka homer that barely cleared the left-field fence.

He also caused himself some problems when he fielded a broken-bat comebacker and just had to throw the ball about 50 feet to get an out at the plate, but he chucked it past d’Arnaud, the catcher.

Montgomery came to visit Hendricks just before he faced Josh Smith in the fourth inning. Left-hander Brock Burke was warming in the bullpen, and Smith is much better against righties than lefties. Still, Montgomery left Hendricks on the mound, and Smith hit a hard ground ball through the middle, driving in a run.

“That early in the game, talking to Kyle and what he felt with Smith, he felt like he had a good plan for him,” Montgomery said. “Listen, it’s the fourth inning. We gotta manage the ’pen too. Thought it was an opportunity for him to go ahead and get him. Hit the ground ball up middle. Didn’t work.”

The next time Smith came to the plate, the Angels did bring in a lefty, Reid Detmers. Detmers got Smith to end the sixth, preserving a tie, but he couldn’t get through the seventh.

Detmers hit Corey Seager with a pitch and then gave up a tie-breaking two-run homer to Marcus Semien. That snapped his 22-game streak without allowing an earned run. The last time he gave up an earned run was May 17.

Semien fouled off three straight 3-and-2 fastballs before getting one in the middle of the zone, and he launched it over the left field fence.

Ward’s clutch hit in the bottom of the inning took Detmers off the hook. After José Fermin worked a perfect eighth, the Angels took the lead for good in the bottom of the inning.

“It felt good being able to help my teammates win that game,” Soler said through an interpreter. “So it was a good moment.”

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