Angels fall to Rangers despite Skaggs’ gem

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ANAHEIM — In a matchup of pitchers in their first seasons back from Tommy John surgery, Yu Darvish and Tyler Skaggs dueled for six scoreless innings. While the focus initially was on the starters on Friday night, it was Adrian Beltre’s solo home run in the eighth that proved to be the difference as the first-place Rangers defeated the Angels, 2-1, in the opener of a three-game series at Angel Stadium.

After both teams traded runs in the seventh — the Rangers scoring against reliever Mike Morin, and Andrelton Simmons responding with a two-out, RBI triple off Darvish — Beltre delivered the go-ahead run with a missile to left field off JC …

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