ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — Cristian Javier pitched five strong innings and the Houston Astros rallied for four runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Los Angeles Angels 6-4 on Monday night at Angel Stadium.

The Astros, who trailed 4-2 entering the ninth, capitalized on a pair of Angels errors and a critical hit-by-pitch to erase the deficit and snap a two-game losing streak. Houston improved to 53-55 while the Angels fell to 42-65.

Javier allowed three hits and no earned runs while striking out seven over five innings. He walked four but escaped trouble, lowering his ERA to 3.86. The right-hander entered the game with a 1-1 record and had allowed one run in one inning of relief in his previous outing July 19 against Baltimore.

Josh Hader worked a scoreless ninth for his 13th save, striking out one and allowing no hits.

Angels starter Walbert Ureña was sharp through six innings, yielding two hits and one earned run with five strikeouts. He left with a 4-1 lead, but the bullpen could not hold it.

Vaughn Grissom led the Angels offense, going 3 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs. His solo shot in the third inning gave Los Angeles a 3-0 lead. Nolan Schanuel added an RBI on a sacrifice fly and Jo Adell doubled in a run.

Taylor Trammell homered for Houston in the fourth, his fifth of the season.

The game turned in the ninth. Trailing 4-2, Houston loaded the bases on a hit-by-pitch to Trammell, a single by Christian Walker and a fielder’s choice that scored Trammell on an error by Grissom at second base. After Christian Vázquez popped out, Jeremy Peña grounded into a fielder’s choice that cut down the tying run at the plate. But with two outs, the Astros drew an intentional walk to Yordan Alvarez to load the bases again.

Isaac Paredes then was hit by a pitch, forcing in the tying run. LaMonte Wade Jr. walked to give Houston the lead, and Jose Altuve reached on a fielding error by Angels pitcher Sam Bachman, scoring another run. Trammell struck out to end the inning, but Houston had pushed across four runs on only two hits — helped by two errors and two walks.

The Angels threatened in the bottom of the ninth when Zach Neto walked and Mike Trout reached on a fielder’s choice, but Hader induced a flyout from Schanuel, walked Jorge Soler and then got Grissom to ground out to end the game.

Los Angeles built its lead early. In the first, Neto and Trout walked before Schanuel’s sacrifice fly scored Neto. Grissom then singled to bring home Trout. In the third, Grissom homered to left-center, his seventh of the year, and Adell doubled in Josh Lowe, who had reached on an error by Altuve.

Houston answered with Trammell’s solo homer in the fourth. The Astros cut the deficit to 4-2 in the eighth when Peña doubled and scored on a single by Alvarez.

Houston’s bullpen held the Angels scoreless over the final four innings. AJ Blubaugh worked 2 1/3 innings, allowing two hits and one earned run with one strikeout. Hader closed it out.

Angels relievers struggled in relief of Ureña. Chase Silseth pitched a scoreless seventh but Ryan Zeferjahn allowed the run in the eighth. José Fermin (3-2) took the loss after allowing two runs in the ninth, though two of the runs were charged to Bachman.

Houston’s offense managed only five hits in the game, but drew six walks and were hit by three pitches. The Angels had six hits but stranded eight runners.

The game lasted 3 hours, 18 minutes in front of an announced crowd of 30,121.

Houston continues its series at Angel Stadium on Tuesday. The Astros then return home to host Texas, Toronto and San Diego over the next week. The Angels remain at home to face Houston again Tuesday before hosting Milwaukee and traveling to Baltimore and Miami.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Houston 6, Los Angeles 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Astros a 57.30 percent probability to win. Houston was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The combined total of 10 runs went under the over-under line of 8.5.