ARLINGTON, Texas — Zach Neto and Taylor Ward homered, Tyler Anderson pitched two-hit ball over seven innings and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Rangers 9-3 on Friday night to give Ron Washington a victory in his first game as a visiting manager in Texas.
Neto snapped a 1-all tie and put the Angels ahead to stay with his two-run homer in the fourth, a 405-foot drive to right field for his fifth of the season.
Anderson (4-4) struck out four and walked two.
Washington is the winningest manager in Rangers' history with his 664 wins from 2007-14, and took them to their first two World Series in 2010 and 2011. He is in the first season with the Angels (17-28), his first managerial job since Texas.
Jonah Heim and Marcus Semien went deep for Texas, which has lost seven of its last nine games.
At 23-23, the reigning World Series champion Rangers have a .500 record for the eighth time this year. They won each of the last seven times to avoid a losing record, something they haven't had at any point since Bruce Bochy became their manager before last season.
Left-hander Andrew Heaney (0-5), who pitched for the Angels from 2015-21, struck out five, walked two and allowed three runs (two earned) in 3 2/3 innings. That matched his shortest start of the season.
Willie Calhoun matched a career-high with four hits, all singles. He drove in a run with his hit in the fifth, then scored on No. 9 batter Kyren Paris' two-run single. Ward's ninth homer was a solo shot in the sixth for a 7-1 lead.
Calhoun made his major league debut with the Rangers from 2017-22, and played only his 13th game for the Angels.
