MLB

Houston Astros at Los Angeles Angels

· Major League Baseball
Houston Astros
86-75, 40-40 Away
Final
6 - 1
Los Angeles Angels
72-89, 39-41 Home

Walker hits 2 homers as Astros beat Angels 6-1 after getting knocked out of playoff contention

Houston Astros vs. Los Angeles Angels: Game Highlights

Zach Cole and Jesús Sánchez also went deep for the Astros, who will miss the postseason for the first time since 2016.

Walker was batting in the second inning when Cleveland scored in the bottom of the ninth at Progressive Field for a 3-2 victory over Texas that clinched the final American League playoff spot for the Guardians and eliminated the Astros.

That snapped Houston’s streak of eight consecutive playoff appearances, a run that featured seven straight trips to the AL Championship Series from 2017-2023 and World Series titles in 2017 and 2022.

With Saturday night’s game rendered moot, Astros manager Joe Espada pulled his top three batters — Jose Altuve, Isaac Paredes and Carlos Correa — after two innings.

Cole followed Yainer Diaz’s second-inning single with a two-run homer off Angels starter Caden Dana (0-4). Walker led off the fourth with a homer for a 3-0 lead. Cole walked and Sanchez lined a two-run homer to right field for a 5-0 lead. Walker’s solo shot — his 27th of the season — made it 6-1 in the ninth.

Houston starter AJ Blubaugh gave up one hit in four scoreless innings, and reliever J.P. France (1-0) allowed one run and two hits in three innings, striking out five and walking one.

Dana, the Angels’ rookie right-hander, permitted five runs and five hits in seven innings.

Key moment France gave up an RBI double to Jo Adell and walked Logan O’Hoppe to put two on with one out in the sixth, but the right-hander struck out Christian Moore and Oswald Peraza to preserve a 5-1 lead.

Key stat Sunday’s season finale will be only the fourth game since the start of the 2015 season that the Astros will play while out of postseason contention. The other three came at the end of 2016, when Houston was eliminated from the wild-card race on Sept. 29.

Up next Astros RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (2-5, 6.71 ERA) will start Sunday against Angels LHP Sam Aldegheri (0-1, 8.00).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Peraza struck out swinging.
9th Inning Moore struck out swinging.
9th Inning O'Hoppe flied out to right.
9th Inning Kimbrel relieved France
9th Inning Sánchez struck out swinging.
9th Inning Cole reached on infield single to shortstop.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
16 Ground Balls 6
6 Strikeouts 11
6 Runs Batted In 1
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
7 Hits 3
1 Stolen Bases 1
1 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
6 Runs 1
1 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
33 At Bats 29
4 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
2 Runners Left On Base 16
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 1
11 Fly Balls 12
0 Caught Stealing 0
124 Pitches 158
0 Games Started 0
2 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
19 Total Bases 4
34 Plate Appearances 34
648.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
4 Extra Base Hits 1
4.6 Runs Created 0.6
.212 Batting Average .103
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.576 Slugging Percentage .138
.424 Secondary Average .241
.235 On Base Percentage .235
.811 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .373
1.5 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.5
4.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 0.6
44.0 Batter Rating 10.0
8.3 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.65 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.65
.364 Isolated Power .034
0.17 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.45
.029 Walks Per Plate Appearance .147
.212 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .138
12.0 Runs Produced 2.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.1 Balls In Play Average 0.2
89.5 MLB Rating 60.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Angel Stadium

Location: Anaheim, California
Attendance: 36,487 | Capacity:

2025 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Seattle 90 72 .556 - L3
Houston 87 75 .537 3 W2
Texas 81 81 .500 9 L2
Athletics 76 86 .469 14 L2
Los Angeles 72 90 .444 18 L2
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