Houston Astros at Los Angeles Angels
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Mike Trout homers twice, and Angels push Astros to brink of playoff elimination with 4-3 win
Trout snapped a 3-3 tie with a leadoff homer to right-center field off Astros reliever Bryan King (5-4) in the eighth.
Jansen struck out the side in the ninth, winning a 10-pitch duel with Mauricio Dubón to end the game, for the 476th save of his career, moving the 37-year-old right-hander to within two saves of Lee Smith for third on baseball’s career list.
Angels left-hander Brock Burke (7-1) threw a scoreless eighth for the win.
The Astros, who blew 3-0 lead, are one game behind Cleveland and Detroit for the final AL wild card, though either the Guardians or Tigers will advance to the playoffs as AL Central champion.
Cleveland and Detroit also hold tiebreakers over Houston, so the Astros will have to win their final two games and the non division-winning Central team will have to lose twice for the Astros to reach the playoffs for the ninth straight year.
The Astros' Christian Walker sparked a three-run fourth-inning rally with a solo homer.
Trout led off the bottom of the fourth with his 24th homer. Back-to-back doubles by Christian Moore and Denzer Guzman pulled the Angels to within 3-2 in the fifth, and Chris Taylor’s RBI single in the seventh made it 3-all.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Dubón struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Urías struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Sánchez struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Jansen relieved Burke |
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9th Inning | Sánchez hit for Smith |
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8th Inning | Rengifo caught stealing second, catcher to second. |
Statistics
 HOU |
 LAA |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 9 | Ground Balls | 8 |
| 13 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 2 | Runs Batted In | 4 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 6 | Hits | 8 |
| 2 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 1 | Walks | 3 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 3 | Runs | 4 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 35 | At Bats | 29 |
| 1 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 12 | Runners Left On Base | 7 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 3 | Doubles | 2 |
| 13 | Fly Balls | 17 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 1 |
| 177 | Pitches | 113 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 2 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 1 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 12 | Total Bases | 16 |
| 36 | Plate Appearances | 32 |
| 162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 4 | Extra Base Hits | 4 |
| 2.5 | Runs Created | 4.8 |
| .171 | Batting Average | .276 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | 1.000 |
| .343 | Slugging Percentage | .552 |
| .257 | Secondary Average | .345 |
| .194 | On Base Percentage | .344 |
| .537 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .895 |
| 0.7 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.5 |
| 2.4 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 5.6 |
| 27.0 | Batter Rating | 34.0 |
| 35.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 14.5 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 4.92 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.53 |
| .171 | Isolated Power | .276 |
| 0.08 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.75 |
| .028 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .094 |
| .086 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .069 |
| 5.0 | Runs Produced | 8.0 |
| 0.7 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.4 | Patience Ratio | 0.6 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 72.3 | MLB Rating | 85.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Anaheim, California
Attendance: 37,448 | Capacity:
2025 American League West Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Seattle |
- | 72 | L3 | 0.5555556 | 90 |
| Houston |
3 | 75 | W2 | 0.537037 | 87 |
 Texas |
9 | 81 | L2 | 0.5 | 81 |
 Athletics |
14 | 86 | L2 | 0.4691358 | 76 |
| Los Angeles |
18 | 90 | L2 | 0.44444445 | 72 |