ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Houston Astros weren't exactly sure what was happening back home and had no idea when they would get there, but for a few hours on Sunday, they found a diversion on the baseball field.

The Astros came back to beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 after waking up to the news that Tropical Storm Harvey unleashed more than a dozen inches of rain on Houston and the surrounding communities overnight. That made playing the series finale at Angel Stadium mostly an afterthought.

Houston left fielder Josh Reddick showed the lack of focus in the first inning when he forgot the number of outs and was doubled up on a fly ball. The Astros gathered themselves, however, after blowing a 4-0 lead and went ahead for good on Brian McCann's three-run triple in the eighth inning.

"I'm not sure most of them didn't go inside (during the game) to check their phones, check their families," Houston manager A.J. Hinch said after the game. "We've got families that are stuck. We've got families in closets worried about tornadoes. We've got a lot of heavy hearts, and that's not even counting what we don't know of.

"So, yeah, it's a game and we played hard and there are a lot of people going through a lot in the world, but I think our guys were really concerned and continue to be concerned. It's not going to be solved by one win. It's not going to be solved overnight. I just want people to be safe."

Houston is scheduled to begin a three-game series against the visiting Texas Rangers on Tuesday. The Astros were set to fly to Dallas on Sunday night and wait for their next move. Hinch said he doesn't expect the Texas series to begin on time.

"Everything is up in the air," Hinch said.

On Saturday night, Angels rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Astros 7-6, the major-league-leading eighth time this season Los Angeles has come back from at least four runs down to win. A similar scenario nearly played out again Sunday.

In the series finale, Houston gave up three runs in the fifth and two in the sixth to fall behind 5-4.

Angels reliever Cam Bedrosian struck out the first two batters in the eighth, but Jose Altuve beat out a routine grounder to shortstop, Reddick singled to right and Yuri Gurriel walked to load the bases.

McCann then lifted a fly ball to deep center. Mike Trout crashed into the wall as he jumped to make the catch, but he came up short. All three runners scored to give the Astros a 7-5 lead.

"Probably the favorite triple of my career," Hinch said.

Chris Devenski then retired the side in order in the eighth, and Ken Giles pitched the ninth, getting Albert Pujols to fly out with the bases loaded to earn his 26th save.

Joe Musgrove (6-8) got the win despite giving up two runs in two innings.

Ben Revere's three-run double in the fifth inning cut the Angels' deficit to 4-3, and Luis Valbuena's two-run homer in the sixth put Los Angeles ahead 5-4.

After the Angels took the lead, relievers Yusmeiro Petit and Bedrosian combined to retire five in a row, four by strikeout, but Bedrosian (3-3) couldn't slam the door on Houston in the eighth.

"It's frustrating, but at that point right there, I've just got to man up and find another way to get another out," Bedrosian said. "Hot day like today, I'm just trying to let the defense work and throw strikes."

The Angels fell 1 1/2 games behind the Minnesota Twins for the second American League wild-card spot.

Los Angeles surrendered two runs in the top of the first inning for the second consecutive game, this time on a two-run homer by Altuve. George Springer walked to start the game and was on second base when Altuve hit a 1-0 pitch deep over the fence in left for his 20th home run of the season.

"Altuve's a good hitter, man, breaking ball and he doesn't miss it," Angels starter Ricky Nolasco said.

The Astros strung together four consecutive singles off Nolasco to start the fourth inning and stretch their lead to 4-0. McCann drove in Reddick with a line drive to right field, and Marwin Gonzalez plated Gurriel with a line drive to right-center.

Nolasco settled in, however, and retired eight in a row before exiting after six innings. He allowed four runs and six hits with four strikeouts and two walks.

"Some grit, some luck kind of got me through six (innings)," Nolasco said.

Astros starter Charlie Morton went five innings. He gave up three runs and five hits, striking out five and walking one.

NOTES: Astros RHP Will Harris was activated from the 10-day disabled list after being sidelined since July 5 with right shoulder inflammation. Harris is 2-2 with a 2.86 ERA in 34 relief appearances with Houston covering 34 2/3 innings this season. ... Houston RHP James Hoyt was optioned to Triple-A Fresno. Hoyt had a 4.98 ERA and seven holds in 38 relief appearances covering 43 1/3 innings and had allowed one run in his last seven appearances covering eight innings, but the 30-year-old hadn't been called upon since Aug. 17. ... Angels CF Mike Trout went 0-for-3 with two walks and is hitless in his past 17 at-bats, one short of tying his career-long hitless streak set in August 2014.