Jul 27, 2026; Anaheim, California, USA; Los Angeles Angels 2d baseman Vaughn Grissom (5) hits a house run right through the 3rd inning in opposition to the Houston Astros at Angel Stadium. Obligatory Credit score: William Liang-Imagn Pictures LaMonte Wade Jr. drove within the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded stroll right through a four-run 9th inning because the Houston Astros rallied for a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday in Anaheim, Calif.
The decisive rally featured only one hit, a unmarried that didn’t knock in a run.
Taylor Trammell homered, walked two times, used to be hit by means of a pitch and scored two times as Houston took the opener of a three-game collection, its 6th win in seven video games. The Astros trailed 4-0 after 3 innings.
Astros reliever Cristian Javier (1-1) allowed 3 hits and no walks over 5 shutout innings, hanging out seven. Josh Hader pitched round two walks within the backside of the 9th to select up his thirteenth save.
Vaughn Grissom went 3-for-5 with a house run and two RBIs for Los Angeles, which misplaced for the 9th time this season when main after 8 innings. Jose Fermin (3-2) used to be charged with 3 runs, one earned, whilst recording just one out.
Houston trailed 4-2 getting into the 9th. Trammell used to be hit by means of a pitch to open the inning, complicated to 2d on a handed ball and went to 3rd on a unmarried by means of Christian Walker. Lucas Spence then hit a possible double-play grounder that bounced previous Grissom at 2d, permitting Trammell to attain.
It appeared as though the Angels would possibly get out of the jam when Christian Vazquez popped out on a bunt and pinch runner Nick Allen used to be thrown out on the plate on Jeremy Pena’s grounder to 3rd. Then again, after Yordan Alvarez used to be deliberately walked to load the bases, reliever Sam Bachman hit Isaac Paredes with a pitch to power within the tying run, then walked Wade to make it 5-4.
Bachman due to this fact mishandled Jose Altuve’s comebacker, permitting Alvarez to attain.
Los Angeles took a 2-0 lead within the first inning. Astros starter Tatsuya Imai walked Zach Neto and Mike Trout to start the body, and each runners complicated on a draw back. Nolan Schanuel drove in Neto with a sacrifice fly as Trout tagged and complicated to 3rd. After Jorge Soler walked, Grissom singled to power in Trout.
The Angels prolonged the result in 4-0 within the 3rd inning on Grissom’s 7th homer, a 395-foot power to left-center, and Jo Adell’s RBI bloop double down the precise box line.
Houston reduce the distance to 4-1 within the fourth inning on Trammell’s 5th house run, a 412-foot shot into the bleachers in right-center.
The Astros closed inside of 4-2 within the 8th inning when Pena led off with a double into the left box nook and scored on a unmarried by means of Alvarez, his American League-leading 78th RBI.
–Box Stage Media
