The Houston Astros score a pair of runs off Angels reliever Archie Bradley in the eighth, and the Angels' bats can't respond in 4-1 loss.
, the reigning American League most valuable player, had two hits and five strikeouts in 17 at-bats. Rendon went one for nine. Shortstop David Fletcher went one for 11.looked overmatched at the plate, where he is hitless with seven strikeouts in nine at-bats, and a little shaky in the field, though he did rob Niko Goodrum of a three-run homer with a nice catch at the top of the wall in the eighth inning Sunday.“My takeaway is that we’re very close to Houston,” Maddon said.
Houston Astros catcher Martin Maldonado, right, tries to tag Angels baserunner Tyler Wade at home plate during the third inning Sunday. Wade was called out on the play.The Angels took a 1-0 lead in the second on Jack Mayfield’s homer and had a chance to pad the lead in the third when Tyler Wade reached on a one-out bunt single and took third on Ohtani’s ground-rule double, a 119.1-mph laser that one-hopped the short wall in right and was the hardest-hit ball of his career.
Angels starter José Suarez gave up two walks and a single in the third but escaped the bases-loaded, one-out jam when he got Alex Bregman to fly to shallow center and Yordan Alvarez to line out to center.Noah Syndergaard gave up just two hits in 5 1/3 scoreless innings and Mike Trout hit a home run as the Angels beat the Houston Astros 2-0 on Saturday.
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