Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
LA Angels 2,
Houston 0
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, April 23, 2018
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Stu Scheurwater, 1B - Eric Cooper, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Cory Blaser
Attendance: 29606
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Stu Scheurwater, 1B - Eric Cooper, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Cory Blaser
Attendance: 29606
Final Scoring Summary
LA Angels
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 |
| Mike Trout | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .307 |
| Justin Upton | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .236 |
| Albert Pujols | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .258 |
| Luis Valbuena | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .243 |
| Zack Cozart | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .221 |
| Kole Calhoun | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 |
| Chris Young | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .211 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Justin Upton (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Mike Trout, Justin Upton 2, Luis Valbuena, Kole Calhoun | |||||||||
| RBI - Justin Upton (12), Kole Calhoun (10) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Justin Upton (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Justin Upton (10), Luis Valbuena (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Chris Young (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Mike Trout 2 (5, 2nd off Cole/McCann, 2nd off Rondon/McCann) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Tyler Skaggs (W 3-1) | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.96 |
| Justin Anderson (H 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Keynan Middleton (SV 6) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.93 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Tyler Skaggs 102-65, Justin Anderson 20-14, Keynan Middleton 21-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Tyler Skaggs 10-3, Justin Anderson 1-1, Keynan Middleton 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Tyler Skaggs 25, Justin Anderson 5, Keynan Middleton 4 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | RF-CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .351 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .346 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .256 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .215 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .205 |
| Brian McCann | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .304 |
| Max Stassi | PH-C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 |
| Josh Reddick | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 |
| Totals | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Carlos Correa (7) | |||||||||
| TB - George Springer, Jose Altuve 2, Carlos Correa 2, Yuli Gurriel, Marwin Gonzalez 2 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Correa (8), Alex Bregman (11) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Evan Gattis (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Gerrit Cole (L 2-1) | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1.29 |
| Hector Rondon | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 |
| Collin McHugh | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.93 |
| WP - Gerrit Cole | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Gerrit Cole 109-74, Hector Rondon 21-11, Collin McHugh 12-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gerrit Cole 4-6, Hector Rondon 3-0, Collin McHugh 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Gerrit Cole 26, Hector Rondon 4, Collin McHugh 3 | ||||||||