Los Angeles Angels at Houston Astros

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Angels

1-0, 1-0 Away

Final
3 - 0

Houston Astros

0-1, 0-1 Home

Mike Trout homers to kick off what he hopes will be a healthy 2026 as Angels blank Astros 3-0

Daikin Park roof potentially costs Yordan Alvarez a homer

Trout also walked three times and played center field for the first time since April 2024. The three-time MVP played 130 games last season, his most since 2019 because of various injuries.

Making his franchise-record 14th opening day start, the 34-year-old Trout broke a scoreless tie in the seventh inning when he sent a 96 mph fastball from reliever AJ Blubaugh (0-1) 403 feet onto the train tracks in left-center. It was his fifth opening day homer, also a club record.

The Angels snapped an eight-game road losing streak in season openers, starting 1-0 on the road for the first time since 2013.

Oswald Peraza hit an RBI single in the eighth and Nolan Schanuel homered in the ninth.

José Soriano (1-0) allowed two hits and four walks in six innings while striking out seven. Four relievers completed the three-hitter, with Jordan Romano working the ninth to earn the save in his Angels debut.

Hunter Brown started for Houston and allowed four hits and four walks in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out nine.

The Astros went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position while stranding nine runners.

Houston designated hitter Yordan Alvarez may have been robbed of a home run in the first inning because the retractable roof at Daikin Park was closed. Alvarez hit a towering shot toward the right field foul pole, but it ricocheted off a horizontal rafter and landed in foul territory.

It was ruled a foul ball. The Astros challenged, and the call was upheld after a review. Alvarez later struck out swinging.

Up next The teams resume the four-game series on Friday, with lefty Yusei Kikuchi starting for Los Angeles opposite right-hander Mike Burrows.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Meyers flied out to second.
	9th Inning	Diaz walked.
	9th Inning	Allen struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Smith grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Romano relieved Pomeranz
	9th Inning	Teodosio grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

LAA		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	13
14	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	3
1	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	30
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	0
193	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	5
43	Plate Appearances	36
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
6.3	Runs Created	1.4
.250	Batting Average	.100
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.417	Slugging Percentage	.167
.361	Secondary Average	.300
.372	On Base Percentage	.250
.789	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.417
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.6
6.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.4
28.0	Batter Rating	8.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.49	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.61
.167	Isolated Power	.067
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.140	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.167
.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.200
6.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.1
80.8	MLB Rating	59.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Daikin Park

Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 41,329 | Capacity:

2026 American League West Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	5	2	.714	-	W5
Texas	4	2	.667	0.5	L1
Seattle	3	4	.429	2	L2
Los Angeles	3	4	.429	2	L1
Athletics	1	5	.167	3.5	L1

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