Mike Trout homered to launch what he hopes will be a bounce-back season, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-0 win over the Houston Astros on opening day.
Mike Trout homered to launch what he hopes will be a bounce-back year, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a season-opening 3-0 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday.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 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 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.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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