The score was 2-2 when starter Reid Detmers left after the fourth inning, and it was 4-2 before the Astros buried the Angels with an eight-run seventh.
ANAHEIM — The Angels’ bullpen was supposed to be – and still could be – one of the strengths of the team.Angels relievers allowed 11 runs, including eight in the seventh inning, in a 13-6 loss to the Houston Astros on Friday night at Angel Stadium.
Relievers Oliver Ortega , Mike Mayers , Jimmy Herget and Jaime Barria allowed a tie game in the fifth to turn into a lopsided loss. Although the Angels’ bullpen let the game get away at the end, in the first half of the game the Astros’ defense was the difference.
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