MLB

Los Angeles Angels at Houston Astros

· Major League Baseball
Los Angeles Angels
31-30, 16-17 Away
Final
2 - 1
Houston Astros
35-24, 18-14 Home

Ohtani, Rengifo lifts Angels past Astros to avoid sweep, 2-1

Ohtani was hitless before clubbing a pitch from Phil Maton (0-1) off the wall in right field, driving in Gio Urshela for a 2-1 lead. The clutch swing gave Ohtani 41 RBI on the season.

“Just a really good at-bat understanding what the pitcher is trying to do," Angels manager Phil Nevin said. “Maton is one of the toughest against a lefty in all of baseball. ... It worked out for us.”

Luis Rengifo hit his third homer for Los Angeles, which stopped a three-game slide.

“He's really swinging it well,” Nevin said. “Three hits last night and a big home run today. To me he's been very selective, swinging at the right pitches and got the good part of the barrel on one today.”

Chris Devenski (3-0) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings for the win against his first major league team, and Carlos Estévez got four outs for his 14th save.

“Everyone did what they had to do and it feels good to get a team win like this and playing really well like this against the Astros," Estévez said. "That's pretty cool."

Yainer Diaz connected for Houston, and Alex Bregman also had two hits. Bregman extended his hitting streak to 11 games.

Diaz's leadoff drive in the fifth against Griffin Canning put the Astros in front. But Rengifo went deep in the sixth for the Angels' first hit of the game against J.P. France.

“It was just one of those things," France said. “It wasn't a great pitch, he put a good swing on it. But after that just cleared it and decided to keep on rolling.”

Canning allowed four hits, struck out four and walked one in six innings. It was his fourth straight start of allowing three or fewer runs.

“After the first three games you want to try and put a stop to things," Canning said. “It was nice to go out there, just on a really good page with (Matt) Thaiss behind the plate and then some timely hitting, obviously, and then the bullpen came in and shut it down.”

France pitched a career-best seven innings in his sixth major league start. He yielded three hits, struck out three and walked one.

“He was throwing quality pitches all day and also that was the furthest he's gone for us,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “You hate to waste that pitching performance but their guy was pretty good too.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Angels: 3B Anthony Rendon (left groin strain) is expected to be activated either Tuesday or Wednesday, according to Nevin.

Astros: 2B Jose Altuve was held out of the lineup for a second straight game after experience an oblique issue after an awkward swing on Friday night. Altuve did run and throw prior to Sunday’s game but did not hit. Baker said Altuve is day to day.

UP NEXT

Angels: Off Monday before opening a six-game homestand. Following Sunday's game, Nevin set the rotation for the Cubs series and LHP Tyler Anderson (2-1, 5.47 ERA) will start Tuesday.

Astros: RHP Brandon Bielak (2-2, 3.19 ERA) will open Houston’s seven-game road trip on Monday against the Toronto Blue Jays. Bielak matched a career high in strikeouts with six in his last start, which came in a win against the Twins.

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Matchup Prediction

Astros: 58.9%
Angels: 41.1%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Diaz grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, McCormick out at second.
9th Inning McCormick walked.
9th Inning Tucker lined out to center.
9th Inning Walsh at first base.
9th Inning Drury at second base.
9th Inning Thaiss struck out swinging.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 1
9 Ground Balls 11
5 Strikeouts 6
2 Runs Batted In 1
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
6 Hits 5
0 Stolen Bases 0
1 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
2 Runs 1
2 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
31 At Bats 31
1 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
7 Runners Left On Base 15
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 1
17 Fly Balls 14
0 Caught Stealing 0
121 Pitches 126
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
10 Total Bases 9
32 Plate Appearances 34
162.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
2 Extra Base Hits 2
1.3 Runs Created 1.7
.194 Batting Average .161
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.323 Slugging Percentage .290
.161 Secondary Average .194
.219 On Base Percentage .235
.541 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .526
0.5 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.8
1.3 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 1.7
19.0 Batter Rating 14.0
31.0 At Bats Per Home Run 31.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.78 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.71
.129 Isolated Power .129
0.20 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.33
.031 Walks Per Plate Appearance .059
-.032 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .032
4.0 Runs Produced 2.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.2
71.8 MLB Rating 67.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Minute Maid Park

Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 40,831 | Capacity:

2024 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 0 0 .000 - -
Texas 0 0 .000 - -
Seattle 0 0 .000 - -
Oakland 0 0 .000 - -
Los Angeles 0 0 .000 - -
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