Angels edge Astros 3‑2 in 10 innings on Siri’s walk-off single
ANAHEIM (Interstat) — Reid Detmers struck out nine over seven innings of one-hit ball and Logan O’Hoppe delivered a solo home run as the Los Angeles Angels edged the Houston Astros 3-2 in 10 innings Wednesday night at Angel Stadium.
The Angels won their second straight in the three-game series and improved to 27-42, while the Astros fell to 31-39.
Detmers allowed only a first-inning single to Yordan Alvarez and one earned run, lowering his ERA to 2.84 over his past three starts. He walked none and retired 14 straight batters at one point.
Peter Lambert countered with a strong outing for Houston, giving up five hits and two earned runs over 6 1/3 innings with six strikeouts. But the Astros managed only four hits all night, three of them solo homers.
Mike Trout put the Angels ahead in the first inning with his 15th home run of the season, a solo shot to center field off Lambert.
The Angels extended their lead in the fifth when O’Hoppe drove a 1-0 pitch over the left-center fence for his third homer of the year.
Houston answered in the sixth when shortstop Shay Whitcomb hit his second home run, also to left-center, to cut the deficit to 2-1.
The Astros tied the game in the eighth when Cam Smith led off with his seventh homer, a solo drive to center field off Angels reliever Sam Bachman.
Both bullpens held serve through the ninth, sending the game to extra innings.
In the top of the 10th, Angels pitcher Ryan Zeferjahn worked around an intentional walk to Joey Loperfido, striking out Isaac Paredes and Cam Smith before getting Whitcomb to ground out.
The Angels won it in the bottom half against Houston reliever Bryan Abreu. Nick Madrigal started the inning as the automatic runner at second base. Donovan Walton laid down a bunt single toward the mound, and Jose Siri followed with a sharp line-drive single to left field that scored Madrigal.
Zeferjahn earned his third win in as many decisions, striking out two in a perfect 10th inning. Abreu took the loss, his third of the season.
Enyel De Los Santos contributed 1 1/3 scoreless innings for Houston, striking out one. Josh Hader worked a clean ninth inning for the Astros, striking out one.
O’Hoppe finished 2 for 2 with a home run, a single and a sacrifice bunt. Trout went 1 for 3 with his solo homer and was intentionally walked in the eighth.
Houston’s only extra-base hits were the two home runs. Whitcomb went 1 for 4 with the solo shot. Smith also went 1 for 4 with a homer.
The Angels recorded seven hits, including singles from Nick Madrigal, Oswald Peraza and Donovan Walton. Siri had the game-winning single.
Attendance was listed at 25,179. The game lasted 2 hours, 31 minutes.
Houston’s next game is Friday at Kansas City. The Angels host Tampa Bay on Friday.
Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Houston 4, Los Angeles 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave Houston a 57.6 percent probability of winning. The Astros were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of five runs went over the over-under line of 8.5.