Angels defeat Rangers 2-0 as Ohtani notches 42nd homer

The Los Angeles Angels came out on top against the Texas Rangers 2-0 on Wednesday night.

Locked in a win 🔒#GoHalos | #SoCalMcD pic.twitter.com/Yui4FpIB1z

— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) August 17, 2023

More on this topic:

Ohtani and Aaron Judge leading the race for the MLB MVP award

Shohei Ohtani, rather unsurprisingly notched his 42nd homer of the season, but it was rookie Reid Detmers, who stole the headlights as the 24-year-old took no-hitter into the 8th inning.

Detmers allowed 14 runs over 6 1/3 innings combined with his two other starts this month. He gave up seven runs without getting out of the third inning at Houston last Friday.

“Obviously, the last couple weeks have been a grind, very stressful, but I just kind of put my head down and kept working,” he said. “Going out there today and accomplishing what I did, I can take a breath now. … Pretty much everything kind of came together finally. And so, yeah, it feels good.”

Detmers finished with five strikeouts and four walks. He threw 64 strikes among his 108 pitches, the last on the hit by Semien.