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ARLINGTON, Texas — Kole Calhoun is embracing his role leading off for the Los Angeles Angels. Air Max 95 Pas Cher France . And hes doing it well. Calhoun opened the game with a single and added a double before his tiebreaking, three-run homer that put the Angels ahead to stay in a 5-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night, when Garrett Richards worked into the eighth inning for his 13th win. „I want to be a catalyst for the offence, get on base, score some runs,“ Calhoun said by phone after initially making a quick exit from the clubhouse after the game. „I want so bad to get on base. … Im having fun right there.“ Calhoun, who finished a triple shy of the cycle, was also hit by a pitch. He had multiple hits for the fifth time in his last six games. „He kind of flies under the radar, but I dont know if there are too many leadoff men as dynamic as Kole has been,“ Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. Richards (13-4), who struck out seven without a walk in 7 1-3 innings, has won all four of his starts this season against Texas. The right-hander allowed two runs while scattering seven hits. „Hes been the same every time,“ said Adrian Beltre, who got three of his four hits off Richards. Angels catcher Chris Iannetta said Richards is „coming into his own.“ „Were just seeing him mature,“ Iannetta said. „Hes got great stuff, and hes starting to command it more.“ The Angels led for good after Calhouns 412-foot shot off Nick Martinez (2-9) into the second deck of seats in right field made it 4-1 in the fifth. Another run scored when Calhoun grounded into a double play in the seventh. Huston Street worked a perfect ninth for his eighth save in as many chances since the Angels acquired him. He has 11 scoreless innings in 11 games since the July 18 trade from San Diego, where he had 24 saves. Martinez struck out six while allowing four runs and six hits in six innings. „Just one unexecuted pitch, the one to Calhoun. He wanted to go down and away, and ended up pulling it across the middle of the plate,“ Texas manager Ron Washington said. „Other than that, I thought he did a swell job.“ STRIKE THREE — TIMES FOUR Josh Hamilton was 1 for 5 with four strikeouts, the hit an opposite-field bloop single off a pitcher making his major league debut. Hamilton is 5 for 38 (.132) over his last 10 games, and without an RBI in his last nine. „Were not seeing the aggressive Josh Hamilton that we saw when he played for Texas. Were not seeing that,“ Scioscia said. „Theres a lot of things that hes trying. Josh is working very hard, and nobody feels worse than Josh. We need him in the middle of our lineup doing what he can do.“ PRODUCTIVE BOTTOM David Freese and Iannetta, the bottom two batters in the Angels lineup, were a combined 5 for 7 with four runs. Calhouns 13th homer came after Freese and Iannetta started the fifth with consecutive singles. Freese has an 11-game hitting streak. ONE BAD NIGHT Angels reliever Kevin Jepsen has been spectacular lately, allowing only two earned runs over 39 innings in his previous 44 games. But the right-hander gave up two runs while getting only one out after relieving Richards in the eighth. Jepsen leads the majors with 54 scoreless appearances. TRAINERS ROOM Angels: Rookie RHP Mike Morin is expected to be activated from the 15-day disabled list Saturday, the first day the reliever is eligible to come back after missing 13 games with a cut on his left foot. Morin threw a scoreless inning for Class A Inland Empire on Thursday night before joining the team in Texas. He is 3-3 with a 2.36 ERA in 41 games. Rangers: Alex Rios was back in RF for the first time since Sunday, when he re-aggravated a right ankle sprain on a slide. After being the DH the previous two games, he did some early work in the field before starting in the outfield. UP NEXT Los Angeles goes for its ninth consecutive win against the Rangers, which would match its longest streak in the series, a mark set from 1985-86. Matt Shoemaker tries to become the Angels third 11-game winner in the middle game of the weekend set. Colby Lewis (8-9) starts for Texas. Basket Air Max Pas Cher .Y. — Florida Panthers captain Ed Jovanovski finally has something to show for all the pain he went through in overcoming a string of injuries that kept him sidelined for much of the past two years. Air Jordan 1 Pas Cher a Vendre . UCI President Brian Cookson said Wednesday the commission will investigate allegations „that the UCI has been involved in wrongdoing in the past — allegations which have done so much to hurt the credibility of the UCI and our sport.WASHINGTON — Washingtons Ian Desmond took a substantial lead off third base in the seventh inning of a tie game, wondering whether St. Louis pitcher Michael Wacha might leave a changeup in the dirt. „I was just kind of anticipating,“ Desmond explained later. Sure enough, Wacha threw a wild pitch that bounced away from catcher Yadier Molina, who compounded the problem with a throwing error as Desmond charged home, leading to a second unearned run on the play. That was enough to propel Gio Gonzalez and the Nationals to a 3-1 victory Friday night, ending their eight-game losing streak against the Cardinals. „I saw it bounce off a little bit. I said, Weve got to take a chance here,“ Desmond said. „And fortunately for us, it worked out.“ Said Nationals manager Matt Williams: „You never see a ball get away from Yadi. Ever.“ Thats because Molina has won six consecutive NL Gold Glove awards. But his miscue fit, somehow, with this series so far. A night after the Nationals made three errors — they initially were charged with four, but one was changed to a hit Friday — in an 8-0 loss, it was the Cardinals turn to be sloppy. St. Louis finished with three errors, two coming in the pivotal seventh inning. A pair of singles and an error by third baseman Matt Carpenter — who dropped Wachas throw of Danny Espinosas bunt — loaded the bases with no outs. „I stretched before I saw where it was going and ended up missing it. It was a good throw. I should have caught it,“ Carpenter said. „But it tipped off my glove and ended up being the difference in the game.“ Wacha struck out Nate McLouth and got Jose Lobaton to hit a roller that led to a forceout at home. But with pinch hitter Zach Walters up, Wachas pitch darted to his catchers right. „Just spiked a changeup,“ Wacha said. Molina tried to make an underhand toss to Wacha, but the throw — which did not appear in time to beat Desmond, anyway — was off-target. It went into the Cardinals dugout, allowing Espinosa to score, too. „Im just trying to make a play,“ Molina said. &quuot;I threw it away. Acheter Tn Pas Cher. My fault.“ Desmond shouted and punched the air, a 1-1 game suddenly 3-1. „Desi made the decision instantly to get toward the plate,“ Williams said. „He read it correctly.“ Wacha (2-1) gave up five hits and one earned run. On Sept. 24, in his ninth career start, Wacha no-hit the Nationals until there were two outs in the ninth inning, when Ryan Zimmermans infield single ended the bid. This time, Washington had three hits by the third, when Anthony Rendons solo shot came off a first-pitch 74 mph curveball. Gonzalez (3-1) allowed one run and four hits in seven innings, retiring the last 11 batters he faced. He had seven strikeouts and one walk as Washington beat St. Louis for the first time since Game 4 of the teams 2012 NL division series. „It was one of those games that we needed. We needed to bounce back,“ Gonzalez said about Friday. „We needed something like this. It put us back together. Now we go from here, one game at a time.“ Nationals reliever Tyler Clippard came on for the eighth and needed 26 pitches just to get one out. With runners on second and third, and No. 3-4 batters Matt Holliday and Allen Craig coming up, Clippard was replaced by Drew Storen. „Youve got two great hitters right there, guys in scoring position,“ Storen said. He was the closer back in October 2012, when he let the Cardinals erase a 7-5 deficit with two outs in the top of the ninth of Game 5 to win 9-7. But this time, Storen got Holliday on a popup in foul territory, then Craig on a groundout, before Rafael Soriano shook off a comebacker that hit his leg and a walk in the ninth to earn his fourth save. „A good win. Theyre a tremendous team. Theyve gotten the best of us in the past,“ Rendon said. „But were trying to change that.“ NOTES: Nationals CF Denard Span (7-day DL, concussion) is expected to be in Washington for Saturdays game. … In the third game of the four-game series, Nationals RHP Jordan Zimmermann (1-0, 5.27 ERA) will start against Cardinals RHP Lance Lynn (3-0, 4.00). ‚ ‚ ‚