After the rain, the Halos sink, 3-2

JHOULYS CHACIN pitched well in the Angels’ 3-2 loss to the Rangers in Texas Monday night (Flickr/Keith Allison).

In a game interrupted for 38 minutes by rain, the Los Angeles Angels lost 3-2 to the Texas Rangers in Arlington Monday night. The American League West leaders scored on three singles in the bottom of the ninth to post the win and improve to 89-62. The Halos went to 65-85 with the loss.

The Rangers had 12 hits in the game, but were held mostly in check by Angel starter Jhoulys Chacin, who worked five innings, allowing six hit but just one run. He struck out three and walked one.

Scoring once each in the top of the sixth and seventh innings, the Halo took a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the seventh, but Texas tied it up on Elvis Andrus’ home run and won it with Ian Desmond’s two-out line drive single to right.

The series continues Tuesday with Daniel Wright (0-3) expected to make the start for the Halos.