There were two outs in the second inning when Gonzalez homered into the seats in left field to cut the lead to 3-1. Street intentionally walked Jed Lowrie after that before striking out Evan Gattis to end it.
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The Angels have been getting contributions for all throughout the line-up as it seems like manager Mike Scioscia seems to be picking a name out of the hat each day and that person has been the offensive hero. “For me, it’s just executing pitches”. “We’re in the thick of the division; we’re in the thick of the wild card with our sights set on a really big series against Texas”. It’s about those battles. Some of his postgame answers gave off the type of stress and tension you know the Astros players must be feeling, yet you don’t want it coming from your manager. “At the same time, I totally agreed with the call (to walk him)”.
Los Angeles took two of three from the Astros, who dropped 2 1/2 games behind AL West-leading Texas. His last seven starts have seen just 11 earned runs given up which secures his spot in the starting lineup and means that he is a good option to put the Angels away in an important game. Eric Aybar led-off the sixth inning with a single and moved up to second on a ground out from Kole Calhoun.
There was one on in the first when Trout launched his 40th homer to left-center to make it 2-0. The 24-year-old is now batting.293/.395/.584 with 95 runs scored, 40 home runs and 87 RBIs in yet another MVP-caliber season. “Whether it’s speed, whether it’s power, whether it’s quality at-bats, when all three of those guys are locked in, it’s a pretty special group”. He has thrived in his last three starts at home, giving up just a total of 10 hits while having a 0.89 ERA. “I kind of ran back over the middle a little bit”. I felt great the last six.
I suppose one might argue that there wasn’t “clear and convincing” evidence that Correa was safe, and so the replay official opted for the conservative tack.
Mike Trout and Albert Pujols powered the Los Angeles Angels by the Houston Astros last night. Tropeano has allowed just one homer in 48 2/3 career innings.Fiers has received back-to-back no-decisions while allowing five runs – all on solo homers – in 13 innings. He struck out four. Justin Bour hit his 19th home run for the Marlins, who snapped a four-game losing streak.
However, after Houston lost Tuesday night, a win in the finale against the Angels would go a long way to reducing the Angels’ and Twins’ postseason chances while also setting the stage for a legitimate shot to bypass the Rangers before the final week of the season begins. Giavotella was placed on the 15-day disabled list August. 24 with an illness later diagnosed as fourth cranial nerve palsy, a condition that caused him to experience double vision whenever he looked left….
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Bearded Houston Rockets star James Harden, who finished second in MVP voting in 2015, threw out the ceremonial first pitch on Wednesday to Astros ace Dallas Keuchel, owner of the second most famous beard in Houston.
