Astros edge Angels in 10 innings on Altuve run, Trout thrown out
Jose Altuve scored the go-ahead run on a shallow popout, then Brice Matthews cut down Mike Trout at the plate as Houston won 5-4 in 10 innings.
Houston kept finding late ways to beat the clock, and this one ended with a shallow popout, an errant throw and Mike Trout sliding into a tag that came a fraction too late. The Astros beat the Angels 5-4 in 10 innings at Angel Stadium of Anaheim, turning a tight game into another example of how veteran clubs manufacture pressure without needing one thunderclap swing.
The win came Monday night before 25,474 fans and took 3 hours and 4 minutes. Houston improved to 31-37, while Los Angeles fell to 25-42 in a game that was even on the stat sheet, with both clubs finishing with eight hits and the Angels committing two errors.
The Angels had seized a 4-3 lead on Zach Neto’s seventh-inning solo home run, and that edge held until Houston pushed back in the ninth. Jeremy Peña reached on a replay review that upheld a safe call at second, then came around when Christian Walker singled to tie it 4-4. Walker finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a double, and his production lifted him into a tie with Nick Kurtz and Yordan Alvarez for the American League RBI lead at 48.
The decisive burst came in the 10th, and it was the kind of sequence that makes close games feel strange until the final out. Jose Altuve scored the go-ahead run on a popout to shallow center field, and Houston benefited again when an Angels throwing error extended the inning. The Astros did not need a home run or a big rally to take control, only steady baserunning, a clean read on the game and one defensive mistake they could punish.
That set up the final showdown, when rookie Brice Matthews made the play that sealed it. Matthews had entered in left field in the sixth after LaMonte Wade Jr. injured his right hamstring, and he ended the night by throwing out Trout at the plate on the last play of the 10th to preserve the lead. Josh Hader got the win, Bryan Abreu earned the save and Sam Aldegheri took the loss, closing a game that Houston won by pressing on every small opening until the Angels finally blinked.
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