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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Andrelton Simmons threw his hands up in disbelief, then put them on his hips and stared toward the mound. In the dugout, all Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia could do was shake his head.Thats not fun, Simmons said about his hard liner on which reliever Nick Martinez made a no-look, behind-the-back snag and turned into a double play. You try to hit the ball hard, and a guy makes a crazy play. Thats baseball, I guess.That play by Martinez came in the fifth inning of the Rangers 5-4 win Tuesday night in another testy game to get them closer to their second AL West title in a row while Los Angeles scuffles in last place.Thats just a reaction. You can try that a hundred times, and maybe get it once, Scioscia said. But he comes out and makes the play.Angels left-hander Brett Oberholtzer and Scioscia were ejected when Elvis Andrus was hit by a pitch in the eighth, an inning after both benches were warned following a fastball by reliever Keona Kela that went near Simmons head.Andrus was the third Texas batter hit by a pitch after Mike Trout was hit by a pitch in the Angels second.Scioscia felt the throw at Simmons was intentional, coming an inning after a play at second base when he tagged out Carlos Gomez, who had advanced on an errant pickoff throw but lost contact with the base while sliding.For some reason, they were upset, saying (Simmons) had his foot in front of the slide when Gomez slid into the base and then overslid the bag and was consequently called out, Scioscia said. I guess they took exception to what was a good play by Andrelton. He wasnt in Gomezs way at all. ... He came up to bat, and they threw a 97-mph fastball at his neck.There was also a short delay in the Rangers seventh when third-base coach Spike Owen walked toward the Angels dugout and had words with a clearly agitated Scioscia.I was upset, Scioscia said. He was the closest guy in an opposing uniform.Banister didnt give any insight about what happened with Owen.I think that my third base coach got asked out to lunch, Banister said. They were trying to make plans, they interrupted the game, so I went over there and made sure we kept the game going.In the Rangers 3-2 series-opening victory Monday night, Banister (arguing a replay review) and Mitch Moreland (questioning a called third strike) were tossed early.Rangers rookie Nomar Mazaras 20th homer was a 438-foot drive off rookie right-hander Daniel Wright (0-4) in the fourth to make it 4-3. Moreland added an RBI single an inning later after two batters were hit by pitches.In between came the play when Martinez (2-3), who threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings, caught the hard liner and threw to first to force out C.J. Cron, who was already almost to second base.I guess it happened so quick that it happened in slow motion, Martinez said. I just kind of threw my glove up there, theres no real explanation for it, in hopes of knocking it down.BALL 14, BALL 15Martinez, the first of six Texas relievers, came in with two outs in the second after starter A.J. Griffins last 12 pitches were balls, a stretch when he hit Trout with a pitch to load the bases before consecutive four-pitch walks to Albert Pujols and C.J. Cron that made it 3-1. Martinezs first three pitches were balls before an inning-ending groundout by Simmons.TRAINERS ROOMAngels: Wright was hit in the back of the leg by a comebacker in the second, but was OK. ... Scioscia said Jhoulys Chacin, who had a comebacker ricochet off his lower left leg Monday, was sore but should make his next start.UP NEXTAngels: Jered Weaver (11-12) will try to join Chuck Finley (165) as the only pitchers to win 150 games in an Angels uniform. The right-handers 17 wins against Texas are his most against any opponent.Rangers: Lefty Derek Holland (7-8) has lost his last two starts, allowing nine runs in 9 2/3 innings. SWell Teakwood . The All-Pro lineman got the leg bent under him while trying to make a tackle during the first half of a 22-20 overtime loss at Miami on Thursday night. The medical staff initially thought hed torn the ligament, and the test a day later in Cincinnati confirmed it. Swell Botellas De Agua . Andreas Johnson had a goal and two assists while Jacob de la Rose also scored for Sweden (2-0-0). Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game. http://www.botellasswellespana.com/ . The Islanders dealt Thomas Vanek to the Montreal Canadiens after less than a year on Long Island. Meanwhile, the Oilers dealt long-time sniper Ales hemsky to the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday for a fifth-round pick in 2014 and a third-rounder in 2015. Lilly Wood Swell . Now tied for second in the league in shootout goals, the 24-year-old likes to see what the opposing goaltender has in store before he ultimately lands on a move. Swell España . Brad Jacobs and his Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., team took control of the game early. Australias under-17 womens basketball team has secured a history-making world title by beating Italy at the world championships in Spain.The Sapphires dominated the Italians in the decider, surging to a 62-38 victory to become the first non-U.S team to win the tournament.The Aussies entered the final in a confident mood after beating the Americans in a thrilling semifinal. Prior to that match, no U.S team - mens or womens - had ever lost an under-17 game at the world titles.The win was by far the best effort ever by the Sapphires, who had never finished better than fifth at the championships.But they took all before them in Spain, winning the tournament with an average winning margin of 23 points.Leading the way for the Sapphires was starting centre Ezi Magbegor, who was named the championships most valuable player.dddddddddddd She averaged 12.6 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game and shot at 54 percent from the field.Magbegor was also selected in the tournaments All-Star five alongside the teams captain Jasmine Simmons and point guard Monique Conti.I couldnt be prouder of my team, Sapphires coach Shannon Seebohm said.When we got together for our camp to select the team, we talked about?being the best defensive team in the world and really committing to that side of the ball and I could not have imagined it to go any better.Its an unbelievable feeling. I can see a lot of our girls playing for the Opals one day. ' ' '