Trout snaps a scoreless tie with a homer in the seventh inning of a 3-0 road win against the Astros. He also draws three walks and steals a base. José Soriano pitches six innings, striking out seven.
Angels star Mike Trout watches the flight of his solo home run during the seventh inning of their season opener against the Houston Astros on Thursday afternoon in Houston, Texas. The Angels won, 3-0. Trout hit a home run, stole a base and drew three walks, helping the Angels to a 3-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Thursday afternoon.
Trout’s seventh-inning blast came just in time to get a victory for José Soriano, who worked six innings. Relievers Walbert Ureña, Chase Silseth, Drew Pomeranz and Jordan Romano then handled the final three innings to lock up the Angels’ second Opening Day victory in the last 13 years. While the Angels have been stacking up Opening Day losses, Trout has been drifting farther and farther from being the guy who won three American League MVP awards before he turned 30. Now 34, Trout had become a shell of himself in recent seasons, mostly because of injuries. This spring, though, he said he felt good physically and at the plate, and he was further boosted by the comfort of returning to center field. With his first-inning stolen base, he was halfway to his total from the 130 games he played last season. His most stolen bases since 2020 is six, in 2024. If one game is enough to give fans hope about Trout, it should also give them some confidence about Soriano after his inconsistent 2025 season. Soriano struck out seven and walked four . Soriano cracked 100 mph five times and averaged 98 mph, which was slightly up from last season. He got 16 whiffs, which was tied for the fourth most of his career. Soriano looked like he was about to give up a run on his fourth pitch of the game, when slugger Yordan Alvarez crushed a high drive that clipped one of the beams supporting the roof of Daikin Park. The ball bounced into the stands in foul territory. The Astros argued that the ball hit the roof in fair territory, which would make it a homer. The umpires reviewed the call, and it was confirmed by video.He cruised for most of the day, except for a third-inning jam that was the result of two walks sandwiched around an intentional walk. Soriano got Carlos Correa on a routine fly ball to left field to escape the inning. After that, Soriano had little trouble for his final three innings, as he waited for the Angels to get on the scoreboard. Trout’s homer in the seventh was followed by an Oswald Peraza two-out RBI single in the eighth and a Nolan Schanuel homer in the ninth.Manager Kurt Suzuki called on Walbert Ureña for his major league debut, with a 1-0 lead. He gave up a double on his first pitch. After a strikeout, a groundout and a walk, Ureña was pulled with Alvarez coming to the plate.New Angels manager Kurt Suzuki brings loose vibe, open communicationWhat to know about the planned Saturday, March 28 ‘No Kings’ protests in Southern CaliforniaIn the California governor’s race, two Republicans land at top of the state Democratic Party’s pollUCLA faces questions after falling short of the Sweet 16No more Cesar Chavez day, but some offices, services will still be closed in LA CountyShirtless intruder found sleeping in Valley Village home
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