ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cody Bradford allowed one run in six innings and Adolis García hit a three-run home run in the first inning as the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 on Thursday night.
Bradford (5-2) made his fifth consecutive quality and allowed just two hits, both singles by Zach Neto. He walked two, matching his high this season, and struck out four. In his previous four outings, the 26-year-old left-hander was 0-2 despite an ERA of 2.77 as he was provided seven runs of support.
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Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia, right, jogs past Los Angeles Angels catcher Matt Thaiss, center rear, as he celebrates with Marcus Semien (2) and Josh Smith, second from left, who both scored on Garcia's three-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cody Bradford allowed one run in six innings and Adolis García hit a three-run home run in the first inning as the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 on Thursday night.
Los Angeles Angels second baseman Michael Stefanic throws to first to complete the double play on Jonah Heim after forcing out Texas Rangers' Josh Jung (6) at second in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Leody Taveras pleads with umpire Sean Barber, left, after being called out attempting to steal second against the Los Angeles Angels in the second inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia, right, jogs past Los Angeles Angels catcher Matt Thaiss, center rear, as he celebrates with Marcus Semien (2) and Josh Smith, second from left, who both scored on Garcia's three-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Los Angeles Angels third baseman Charles Leblanc is unable to reach a single hit by Texas Rangers' Marcus Semien in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jack Kochanowicz throws to the Texas Rangers in the second inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers right fielder Adolis Garcia makes a sliding stop on a single by Los Angeles Angels' Brandon Drury in the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia, front, rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run off a pitch from Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jack Kochanowicz, left rear, in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia, right, and third base coach Tony Beasley (27) celebrate Garcia's three-run home run against the Los Angeles Angels in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Cody Bradford throws to the Los Angeles Angels in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
The Rangers (68-73) are 8-2 in their last 10 games, their best 10-game stretch this season. The defending World Series champions are within five games of .500 for the first time since Aug. 5.
Kirby Yates, the last of three Texas relievers, pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 27th save in 28 chances.
The Angels (58-82) extended their franchise-record streak of consecutive losing seasons to nine with the loss.
Neto had three of the Angels’ four hits, which were all singles.
Their run scored in the third inning when Nolan Schanuel beat out a double-play grounder, which allowed Taylor Ward to break from third base and beat the throw home.
Los Angeles put on its first two runners in the seventh against José Leclerc. Charles Leblanc struck out, and Matt Thaiss pulled a sharp grounder down the first base line that Nathaniel Lowe turned into a double play with Leclerc barely getting to first base in time to cover for the third out.
García launched a 0-1 sinker into the home bullpen in right field for an opposite-field homer following singles by Marcus Semien and Josh Smith. The long ball snapped a 15-game homerless streak for García, who led the team last season with 39 homers and has 22 this year.
Los Angeles starter Jack Kochanowicz (2-4) shut out Texas on three hits over his final five innings after the three-run, five-hit outburst in the first.
Texas' Josh Jung had three singles, matching his career high for hits in a game.
Ward went 0 for 3 with a walk to snap a 14-game hitting streak, which was the second-longest active streak in the majors to the 15-game run by the New York Mets’ Francisco Lindor.
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Angels LHP Samuel Aldegheri (0-1, 3.60 ERA) will start Friday night, and the Rangers didn’t name a starter before Thursday’s game. Aldegheri, the first major league pitcher born and reared in Italy, allowed seven runs in five innings in his big-league debut against Seattle last Friday, but only two runs were earned.
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Texas Rangers' Wyatt Langford follows through on a broken-bat single in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Los Angeles Angels second baseman Michael Stefanic throws to first to complete the double play on Jonah Heim after forcing out Texas Rangers' Josh Jung (6) at second in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Leody Taveras pleads with umpire Sean Barber, left, after being called out attempting to steal second against the Los Angeles Angels in the second inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia, right, jogs past Los Angeles Angels catcher Matt Thaiss, center rear, as he celebrates with Marcus Semien (2) and Josh Smith, second from left, who both scored on Garcia's three-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Los Angeles Angels third baseman Charles Leblanc is unable to reach a single hit by Texas Rangers' Marcus Semien in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jack Kochanowicz throws to the Texas Rangers in the second inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers right fielder Adolis Garcia makes a sliding stop on a single by Los Angeles Angels' Brandon Drury in the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia, front, rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run off a pitch from Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jack Kochanowicz, left rear, in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia, right, and third base coach Tony Beasley (27) celebrate Garcia's three-run home run against the Los Angeles Angels in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Cody Bradford throws to the Los Angeles Angels in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Shogun” had historic wins in an epic 18-Emmy first season, “Hacks” scored an upset for best comedy on what was still a four-trophy night for “The Bear,” and “Baby Reindeer” had a holiday at an Emmy Awards that had some surprising swerves.
“Shogun," the FX series about power struggles in feudal Japan, won best drama series, Hiroyuki Sanada won best actor in a drama, and Anna Sawai won best actress. Sanada was the first Japanese actor to win an Emmy. Sawai became the second just moments later.
”‘Shogun’ taught me when we work together, we can make miracles,” Sanada said in his acceptance speech from the stage of the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
Along with 14 Emmys it claimed at the precursor Creative Arts Emmys, it had an unmatched performance with 18 overall for one season.
“Hacks” was the surprise winner of its first best comedy series award, topping “The Bear,” which most had expected to take it after big wins earlier in the evening.
Jean Smart won her third best actress in a comedy award for the third season of Max's “Hacks,” in which her stand-up comic character Deborah Vance tries to make it in late-night TV. Smart has six Emmys overall.
Despite losing out on the night's biggest comedy prize after winning it for its first season at January's strike-delayed ceremony, FX's “The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White won best actor in a comedy for the second straight year, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach repeated as best supporting actor.
And Liza Colón-Zayas was the surprise best supporting actor winner over competition that included Meryl Streep, becoming the first Latina to win in the category.
“To all the Latinas who are looking at me,” she said, her eyes welling with tears. “keep believing, and vote.”
Netflix’s darkly quirky “Baby Reindeer” won best limited series. Creator and star Richard Gadd won for his lead acting and his writing and Jessica Gunning, who plays his tormentor, won best supporting actress.
Accepting the series award, Gadd urged the makers of television to take chances.
“The only constant across any success in television is good storytelling," he said. "Good storytelling that speaks to our times. So take risks, push boundaries. Explore the uncomfortable. Dare to fail in order to achieve.”
“Baby Reindeer” is based on a one man-stage show in which Gadd describes being sexually abused along with other emotional struggles.
Accepting that award, he said, “no matter how bad it gets, it always gets better.”
The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly as Gadd has.
Jodie Foster won her first Emmy to go with her two Oscars when she took best actress in a limited series for “True Detective: Night Country.”
Foster played a salty police chief investigating a mass killing in the round-the-clock dark of an Alaskan winter on the HBO show. While her castmate Kali Reis missed out on becoming the first Indigenous actor to win an Emmy in the supporting category, Foster praised her, and the show's collaboration with Indigenous contributors.
“The Inupiaq and Inuit people of northern Alaska who told us their stories, and they allowed us to listen," Foster said. "That was just a blessing. It was love, love, love, and when you feel that, something amazing happens.”
Greg Berlanti, a producer and writer on shows including “Dawson's Creek” and “Everwood,” received the Television Academy's Governors Award for his career-long contributions to improving LGBTQ visibility on television. He talked about a childhood when there was little such visibility.
“There wasn’t a lot of gay characters on television back then, and I was a closeted gay kid," Berlanti said. "It’s hard to describe how lonely that was at the time,”
The long decline of traditional broadcast TV at the Emmys continued, with zero wins between the four broadcast networks.
In the monologue that opened the ABC telecast, Dan Levy, who hosted with his father and “Schitt's Creek” co-star Eugene Levy, called the Emmys “broadcast TV’s biggest night for honoring movie stars on streaming services.”
Though other than Foster, movie stars didn't fare too well. Her fellow Oscar winners Streep and Robert Downey Jr. had been among the favorites, but came up empty.
“Robert Downey Jr. I have a poster of you in my house!” said Lamorne Morris, who beat Downey for best supporting actor in a limited series, said from the stage as he accepted his first Emmy.
The evening managed to meet many expectations but included several swerves like the win for “Hacks.”
“We were really shocked,” “Hacks co-creator Jen Statsky, who also won for writing, said after the show. ”We were truly, really surprised."
And “Shogun” got off to a quiet start, missing on early awards and not getting its first trophy until past the halfway point.
Still, it shattered the record for Emmys for one season previously held by the 2008 limited series “John Adams” in 2008. And its acting wins would have been hard to imagine before the series became an acclaimed phenomenon.
Sanada is a 63-year-old longtime screen star whose name is little known outside Japan, even if his face is through Hollywood films like “The Last Samurai” and “John Wick Chapter 4.” Sawai, 32, who was born in New Zealand and moved to Japan as a child, is significantly less known in the U.S. She wept when she accepted best actress.
"When you saw me cry on stage, it was probably the 12th time I cried today," Sawai said backstage. “It was just mixed emotions, wanting everyone to win all that. I may cry again now.”
“The Bear” would finish second with 11 overall Emmys, including guest acting wins at the Creative Arts ceremony for Jamie Lee Curtis and Jon Bernthal.
The Levys in their opening monologue mocked the show being in the comedy category.
“In honor of ‘The Bear’ we will be making no jokes,” Eugene Levy said, to laughs.
Elizabeth Debicki took best supporting actress in a drama for playing Princess Diana at the end of her life in the sixth and final season of “The Crown.”
“Playing this part, based on this unparalleled, incredible human being, has been my great privilege," Debicki said in her acceptance. "It’s been a gift.”
Several awards were presented by themed teams from TV history, including sitcom dads George Lopez, Damon Wayans and Jesse Tyler Ferguson and TV moms Meredith Baxter, Connie Britton, and Susan Kelechi Watson.
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Anna Sawai, winner of the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for "Shogun", poses in the press room during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Anna Sawai, left, winner of the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for "Shogun", and Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the awards for outstanding lead actor in a drama series, and outstanding drama series for "Shogun" pose in the press room during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Hannah Einbinder, left, and Jean Smart pose in the press room during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Hannah Einbinder, left, and Jean Smart accept the award for outstanding comedy series for "Hacks" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Jen Statsky, center from left, Paul W. Downs, and Lucia Aniello, and the team from "Hacks" accept the award for outstanding comedy series during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Hiroyuki Sanada accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for "Shogun" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Steven Yeun looks on from right.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Hiroyuki Sanada accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for "Shogun" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Justin Marks, center, and Hiroyuki Sanada, center right, and the team from "Shogun" accepts the award for outstanding drama series during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Anna Sawai accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for "Shogun" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Richard Gadd accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie for "Baby Reindeer" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Jen Statsky, from left, Lucia Aniello, and Paul W. Downs accept the award for outstanding writing for a comedy series for "Hacks" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Anna Sawai accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for "Shogun" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Richard Gadd poses in the press room with the award for outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series or movie for "Baby Reindeer" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Liza Colón-Zayas arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for "The Bear" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Ayo Edebiri arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Billy Crudup accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for "The Morning Show" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Yelena Yemchuk, left, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach arrive at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Hosts Eugene Levy, left, and Dan Levy speak during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Hosts Eugene Levy, left, and Dan Levy speak during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Skye P. Marshall, left, and Kathy Bates arrive at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
William Stanford Davis arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
James Johnson, from left, Princess Daazhraii Johnson, and Cathy Tagnak Rexford arrive at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Sterlin Harjo arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Andrew Scott arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Dan Levy arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Elizabeth Debicki accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for "The Crown" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for "The Bear" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Selena Gomez arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Steve Martin, from left, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez present the award for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Hosts Eugene Levy, left, and Dan Levy speak during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Liza Colon-Zayas accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for "The Bear" during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
FILE - Eugene Levy, left, and Dan Levy appear at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2019. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
This image released by FX shows Hiroyuki Sanada in a scene from "Shogun." (Katie Yu/FX via AP)
This image released by FX shows Jeremy Allen White in a scene from "The Bear." (FX via AP)
This image released by Netflix shows Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth in "The Crown." (Alex Bailey/Netflix via AP)
This image released by FX shows Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko in a scene from "Shogun." (Katie Yu/FX via AP)
This image released by FX shows Cosmo Jarvis, left, and Nestor Carbonell in a scene from "Shogun." (Katie Yu/FX via AP)
This image released by FX shows Jon Hamm in a scene from "Fargo." (Michelle Faye/FX via AP)
This image released by Apple TV+ shows Jon Hamm in a scene from "The Morning Show." (Apple TV+ via AP)
This image released by Netflix shows Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales, in a scene from "The Crown." (Keith Bernstein/Netflix via AP)
This image released by HBO shows Kali Reis, right, and Jodie Foster in a scene from "True Detective: Night Country." (HBO via AP)
This image released by FX shows Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu in a scene from "The Bear." (FX via AP)
This image released by FX shows Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga, center, in a scene from "Shogun." (Katie Yu/FX via AP)
FILE - A view of the stage at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sept. 22, 2019. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
