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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Kole Calhoun is embracing his role leading off for the Los Angeles Angels. And hes doing it well. Calhoun opened the game with a single and added a double before his tiebreaking, three-run homer that put the Angels ahead to stay in a 5-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night, when Garrett Richards worked into the eighth inning for his 13th win. "I want to be a catalyst for the offence, get on base, score some runs," Calhoun said by phone after initially making a quick exit from the clubhouse after the game. "I want so bad to get on base. ... Im having fun right there." Calhoun, who finished a triple shy of the cycle, was also hit by a pitch. He had multiple hits for the fifth time in his last six games. "He kind of flies under the radar, but I dont know if there are too many leadoff men as dynamic as Kole has been," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. Richards (13-4), who struck out seven without a walk in 7 1-3 innings, has won all four of his starts this season against Texas. The right-hander allowed two runs while scattering seven hits. "Hes been the same every time," said Adrian Beltre, who got three of his four hits off Richards. Angels catcher Chris Iannetta said Richards is "coming into his own." "Were just seeing him mature," Iannetta said. "Hes got great stuff, and hes starting to command it more." The Angels led for good after Calhouns 412-foot shot off Nick Martinez (2-9) into the second deck of seats in right field made it 4-1 in the fifth. Another run scored when Calhoun grounded into a double play in the seventh. Huston Street worked a perfect ninth for his eighth save in as many chances since the Angels acquired him. He has 11 scoreless innings in 11 games since the July 18 trade from San Diego, where he had 24 saves. Martinez struck out six while allowing four runs and six hits in six innings. "Just one unexecuted pitch, the one to Calhoun. He wanted to go down and away, and ended up pulling it across the middle of the plate," Texas manager Ron Washington said. "Other than that, I thought he did a swell job." STRIKE THREE -- TIMES FOUR Josh Hamilton was 1 for 5 with four strikeouts, the hit an opposite-field bloop single off a pitcher making his major league debut. Hamilton is 5 for 38 (.132) over his last 10 games, and without an RBI in his last nine. "Were not seeing the aggressive Josh Hamilton that we saw when he played for Texas. Were not seeing that," Scioscia said. "Theres a lot of things that hes trying. Josh is working very hard, and nobody feels worse than Josh. We need him in the middle of our lineup doing what he can do." PRODUCTIVE BOTTOM David Freese and Iannetta, the bottom two batters in the Angels lineup, were a combined 5 for 7 with four runs. Calhouns 13th homer came after Freese and Iannetta started the fifth with consecutive singles. Freese has an 11-game hitting streak. ONE BAD NIGHT Angels reliever Kevin Jepsen has been spectacular lately, allowing only two earned runs over 39 innings in his previous 44 games. But the right-hander gave up two runs while getting only one out after relieving Richards in the eighth. Jepsen leads the majors with 54 scoreless appearances. TRAINERS ROOM Angels: Rookie RHP Mike Morin is expected to be activated from the 15-day disabled list Saturday, the first day the reliever is eligible to come back after missing 13 games with a cut on his left foot. Morin threw a scoreless inning for Class A Inland Empire on Thursday night before joining the team in Texas. He is 3-3 with a 2.36 ERA in 41 games. Rangers: Alex Rios was back in RF for the first time since Sunday, when he re-aggravated a right ankle sprain on a slide. After being the DH the previous two games, he did some early work in the field before starting in the outfield. UP NEXT Los Angeles goes for its ninth consecutive win against the Rangers, which would match its longest streak in the series, a mark set from 1985-86. Matt Shoemaker tries to become the Angels third 11-game winner in the middle game of the weekend set. Colby Lewis (8-9) starts for Texas. Jamel Dean Jersey . -- Coyotes coach Dave Tippett thinks of one thing when he watches Eastern Conference teams struggle against Western opponents before they get to Phoenix: His team must keep pace. Buccaneers Jerseys China . -- Valentin Zykov scored in overtime as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar rallied to a 3-2 victory over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Sunday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff action. http://www.cheapbuccaneersjerseysauthentic.com/ . "I love the game, its the best job you can have," he explained Tuesday as the players left Joe Louis Arena for the summer. "Ill sit down with my wife and well go from there. Cheap Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jerseys . PETERSBURG, Fla. Cheap Buccaneers Jerseys Authentic . Ozuna hit Reeds 2-2 pitch off the batters eye far above the 407-foot sign in straightaway centre. It was the fifth blown save in 25 tries for Reed (1-5) and the ninth home run the closer has allowed in 38 appearances. Nuno, acquired in the deal that sent Brandon McCarthy to the New York Yankees, gave up three hits, struck out a career-high seven and walked one in seven innings.(SportsNetwork.com) - The sizzling New York Rangers will try to continue their ascent up the Metropolitan Division standings when they complete a three-game road trip with Saturdays meeting against the San Jose Sharks. New York has been on a magnificent run since the early part of December and enters tonights game at the Shark Tank with a 12-1-0 record over its last 13 games. The surge has helped the Rangers, who are currently on a four-game winning streak, move into third place in the division, where it is tied with Washington at 50 points. New York holds the tiebreaker over the Capitals due to having played two less games. Washington plays tonight at home against Detroit. The Blueshirts also find themselves just four points behind the second-place Pittsburgh Penguins and five in back of the Metro-leading New York Islanders. The Rangers will get a shot at the Islanders on Tuesday when they host the rival New York club at Madison Square Garden. New York is 2-0 so far on this road trip and was able to exact a small measure of revenge Thursday in a Stanley Cup Finals rematch against the Los Angeles Kings. The Rangers lost in five games to Los Angeles for the Cup last spring, but recorded a 4-3 regulation win in the first encounter between the clubs in 2014-15. The Blueshirts beat the Kings behind a 28-save performance from backup goaltender Cam Talbot. L.A. led New York 2-0 after a pair of first-period goals, but New York scored four straight to claim control. You never want to start a game like that, but its a credit to the guys, said Talbot. They showed a lot of character in coming back. Dan Boyle, Kevin Klein, Lee Stempniak and Martin St. Louis lit the lamp for New York, while Derick Brassard notched a pair of assists. Boyle also added an assist for New York, which scored twice onn four power-play chances to help push their road record this season to 10-6-1.dddddddddddd No. 1 netminder Henrik Lundqvist is expected to be back between the pipes for the Rangers tonight. He is 3-3-0 with a 2.21 goals against average in seven career games against the Sharks. San Jose enters tonight with three wins over their past five games, but the two losses in that span were troubling to say the least. The Sharks, who are tied with Vancouver for second place in the Pacific Division, followed a 3-0 win in Anaheim on Dec. 31 with last Saturdays 7-2 loss against visiting St. Louis. San Jose then won its next two games before dropping another 7-2 decision to the Blues on Thursday night in St. Louis. Logan Couture and Melker Karlsson scored on Thursday for the Sharks, who are 3-4-1 over their last eight contests. Antti Niemi was pulled after giving up five goals on 21 shots in 33-plus minutes. Alex Stalock finished up and yielded the other two St. Louis scores. For us, the two games against St. Louis give us an indication of where we are as a club, said Sharks coach Todd McLellan. The Sharks played without Joe Thornton for a fourth straight game on Thursday. The star centerman has been sidelined with a shoulder injury, but he could return to action tonight. Thornton, who played in 319 consecutive games before getting hurt on New Years Eve against Anaheim, has nine goals and a team-high 24 assists in 38 games this season. Tonight begins a home-heavy part of the schedule for San Jose, which will play eight of its next nine games at the Shark Tank. McLellans club is 10-6-2 at home this season. The Rangers have won three of the past five meetings in the series with the Sharks, but the Blueshirts were blown out 9-2 when they last visited San Jose on Oct. 8, 2013. 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