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ARLINGTON -- Jose Molina supplied the offense as the Angels eked out a 2-1 victory over the Rangers in front of 21,488 at Ameriquest Field on Thursday night to open the series.

With the A's idle and waiting to begin a three-game series at home against the White Sox, the Angels made up a half-game in the standings and pulled within five games in the American League West.

Kelvim Escobar started for the Angels and looked strong through four innings but was pulled in favor of Hector Carrasco because of patellar tendinitis in his left knee. Escobar allowed a run on two hits and three walks but is listed as day-to-day.

Carrasco (6-3) tossed 2 2/3 shutout innings to pick up the win, his second in his last two outings. The right-hander gave up three hits and walked one with three strikeouts. Rangers starter Edinson Volquez (1-5) allowed two runs on six hits with two strikeouts to take the loss. Francisco Rodriguez got the final four outs for his 42nd save.

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ARLINGTON -- As long as their pitching holds, the Angels will stay in the race.

They've charted, shuffled, adjusted and juggled their bats in the hopes of helping a struggling offense, but scoring runs in bunches does not appear to be on the horizon.

With a staff that can throw up zeros and ones most nights, though, posting just a two of their own will usually add up to a W.

The Angels recorded a 2-1 victory in 11 innings over the Rangers on Friday, thanks to Vladimir Guerrero's solo homer in the top of the 11th, his 100th home run with the Angels and his 29th this season.

The blow not only helped the Angels keep pace with the A's in the American League West, but it helped to soften a blown save by Francisco Rodriguez -- his first since July 29 -- and an end to his scoreless streak of 30 2/3 innings. He hadn't allowed a run since June 26.

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Garret Anderson greets Vladimir Guerrero after a go-ahead homer in the 11th. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)

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ARLINGTON -- Chone Figgins' cycle was a cause for celebration on Saturday night, but there was no reason to cheer.

It's tough for a club to fete an individual accomplishment when it otherwise gets knocked around the yard, and a 12-6 loss to the Rangers cemented by five errors qualifies as a beating.

Especially tough was the fact the Angels fell six games behind the A's in the American League West and saw their number for elimination in the division trimmed to nine games, as Oakland rallied at home to defeat the White Sox.

Any combination of wins by the A's and losses by the Angels adding up to nine will dethrone the two-time AL West titleists. The Angels also saw their elimination number in the AL Wild Card reduced to seven, as the Twins downed the Indians.

From any perspective, it was a bittersweet moment.

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The Halos' playoffs hopes grew slimmer on Sunday as they were stymied by Vicente Padilla, who limited them to no runs on seven hits over 7 1/3 innings in the 8-1 loss. The lone bright spot came when Tim Salmon hit his 298th career homer in the ninth.

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