" If Sunday was, indeed, Hideki Matsui's last game as an Angel, he went out with a bang.

The Japanese designated hitter clubbed a two-run home run to right field in the fourth inning to help the Angels defeat the Texas Rangers, 6-2, in the season finale at the Ballpark in Arlington.

Peter Bourjos snapped a 2-2 tie with a solo home run to left in the sixth, and Mark Trumbo, the former Villa Park High School star, capped a three-run ninth with a two-run single for his first big league hit.

Dan Haren gave up two runs and seven hits in six innings, striking out three and walking none, to improve to 5-4 with the Angels, and Rich Thompson, Kevin Jepsen and Jordan Walden each threw scoreless innings.

The Angels closed with an 80-82 record, their first losing season since 2003.

Matsui, who finished with 21 homers and 84 runs batted in, singled in the seventh before he was pulled for a pinch-runner. He hit .371 (43 for 116) with seven homers and 27 RBIs from Aug. 14 on. He now has a combined 2,499 career hits, 1,390 in Japan and 1,109 in the U.S.

"It's definitely good to see Hideki get a hold of one and finish on a positive note," Manager Mike Scioscia said. "He came on like gangbusters in his last 100 at-bats."

Matsui, 35, is a free agent, and it's doubtful the Angels will re-sign him. The team plans to be aggressive in its pursuit of an impact hitter this winter, and the addition of such a player would probably push Bobby Abreu from the outfield to the designated hitter spot.

But Matsui will probably keep the large contingent of Japanese reporters who follow him on a daily basis busy for at least one more season.

Matsui, whose arthritic knees were strong enough for him to make 17 starts in the outfield this season, may not play in Anaheim in 2011, but Scioscia is convinced Matsui will play again."