Mike Carp instantly knows that feeling when he makes perfectcontact with a pitch. 

 

MEDICAL WATCH:--RHP Garrett Richards (right groin strain) went on the 15-day disabled list Aug. 

--The Angels are 3 1/2 games behind the Rangers in the AL West, but the schedule favors the Angels down the stretch. 

The roles have changed and even many of the names. 

With the AL's best trio at the top of their rotation, the LosAngeles Angels know they could cause trouble for any team in ashort playoff series. 

Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington stood up from his officechair and started wildly shaking his knees back and forth. 

MEDICAL WATCH:--LHP Scott Downs (left hamstring tightness) was injured while warming up to enter the Aug. 

--After starting RHPs Ervin Santana and Jered Weaver on three days' rest over the weekend in Texas, the Angels will go back to a five-man rotation. 

Vernon Wells' search to salvage something from the worst season of his career led him back to one of his best seasons. 

Josh Hamilton broke out of a slump with a long two-run homer andthe tiebreaking RBI single for the AL West-leading Texas Rangers,who rallied for a 9-5 victory over the chasing Los AngelesAngels. 

Despite manager Mike Scioscia's best efforts, the Los AngelesAngels didn't pitch well enough to win a pivotal series. 

The AL West-chasing Los Angeles Angels have to wait until thefinal series of the regular season for another head-to-headopportunity against Texas. 

David Price struck out a franchise-record 14 in seven dominantinnings, Desmond Jennings hit a pair of solo home runs and theTampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 12-0 on Sunday. 

Four more days until September, and the Milwaukee JournalSentinel already is posting the Brewers' magic number.