Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs, including a go-ahead shot in the 12th inning, as the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 9-6 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday in Arlington, Texas.

Ohtani led off the 12th for the Angels and drove a first-pitch cutter from Rangers reliever Cole Ragans over the left field fence to plate automatic runner Taylor Ward. The opposite-field blast was Ohtani’s 20th homer of the season.

The Angels cushioned their lead with another two-run home run off Ragans (2-3), this one coming from Chad Wallach.

Wallach’s homer ended up being much-needed insurance as the Rangers scored one run and brought the potential game-tying run to the plate in the bottom of the 12th. However, with two on and two outs, Angels left-hander Aaron Loup sealed the victory by striking out Marcus Semien.

Angels reliever Sam Bachman (1-0) earned his first major league victory by keeping Texas off the scoreboard in the 10th and 11th innings.

The Rangers had a 5-1 lead early on. All five runs were scored with two outs, coming by way of a three-run homer by Ezequiel Duran in the second inning and RBI hits by Josh Jung and Mitch Garver in the third.

The Angels stormed back with three runs in the fifth, including a sacrifice fly by Ohtani, and then tied it at 5-5 on a monster solo shot by Ohtani in the seventh.

The Rangers had their chances late.

In the ninth, Corey Seager drew a leadoff walk and moved to third on a one-out double by Adolis Garcia. But Angels reliever Carlos Estevez ended that threat by striking out Jung and getting Jonah Heim to fly out.

In the 10th, the Rangers had runners at second and third with one out but failed to bring in the potential game-winning run.

All of it paved the way for the Angels’ extra-inning victory. Los Angeles has now won seven of its last eight. The Rangers have lost four of their past five.

Leody Taveras had three hits for Texas, while Semien finished 0-for-7.

–Field Level Media