Adolis Garcia, Joc Pederson, Corey Seager and Kyle Higashioka all had home runs as the surging Texas Rangers took advantage of a dearth of pitching from Los Angeles while pounding the reeling Angels 20-3 on Wednesday to capture a three-game series in Arlington, Texas.

The Rangers took the final two games of the set and have won five of their past six games to stay within shouting distance in the American League wild-card race. It was the first time that Texas scored 20-plus runs in a game since July 25, 2011, against the Minnesota Twins, and the output tied for the third-most runs in team history.

Eleven of those runs (10 earned) came off Los Angeles starter Jack Kochanowicz (3-11), who was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake on Wednesday to take the ball when Tyler Anderson was late in ret

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