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The Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers, also from Major League Baseball's American League West group, faced off on the night of August 14 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, where 27,743 excited fans watched the home team thrash the Angels 12-0. He opened the series three times and won his 71st game of the regular season.

Current major league teams with more than 70 wins include the Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers and Texas Rangers.

The Rangers were 68-94 last season. The Angels are 59-61 this season.

The Los Angeles Angels started Patrick Jordan Sandoval, a 26-year-old left-hander who specializes in slider and variation. He started for Mexico in the World Baseball Classic; He is currently the Angels' leading pitcher behind Sho Hei Otani.

This was his 21st start of the season, but he only threw 2.2 innings in 83 pitches, allowing a career-high six walks with four bad pitches and six strikeouts, giving up four runs on four hits and taking responsibility for his ninth loss of the season.

Sandova has faced the Rangers six times since joining the majors on Aug. 5, 2019, going 1-2; It was his first start of the season against the Rangers, and his third career visit to the Rangers' home field.

The Texas Rangers started right-hander Maxwell Martin Scherzer, 39, that night. He was an eight-time Major League All-Star and the League's Pitcher of the Year three times.

In his 22nd start of the season and third for the Rangers, Xue pitched 100 pitches over seven innings, allowing one four-ball shutout and 11 strikeouts while allowing only one hit for his 12th win of the season.

He is second in the majors in wins and tied for first in the American League.

Xue, who was traded from the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers on July 30, is one of only three pitchers in major league history to have more than 3,000 strikeouts and more than 200 wins. The other two were left-hander Randall David Johnson, who retired on October 4, 2009, and Dominican right-hander Pedro Jaime Martinez, who also retired on September 30, 2009.

In addition, Xue has struck out 3,340 opponents in major league appearances since April 29, 2008, and is on pace to surpass Hall of Famer right-hander Philip Henry Niekro's 3,342.