Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 2,
LA Angels 0
When: 9:40 PM ET, Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Chris Conroy, 1B - Chris Segal, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 28078
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Chris Conroy, 1B - Chris Segal, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 28078
Final Scoring Summary
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .287 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .259 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .309 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| Brian McCann | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .261 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .263 |
| Josh Reddick | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .228 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .212 |
| Tony Kemp | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Bregman (14), Jose Altuve (11) | |||||||||
| HR - Evan Gattis (4) | |||||||||
| TB - George Springer, Alex Bregman 2, Jose Altuve 2, Evan Gattis 4, Tony Kemp | |||||||||
| RBI - Evan Gattis 2 (14) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Evan Gattis 2 (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Altuve (10), Carlos Correa (13) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Alex Bregman (8) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (W 5-2) | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.05 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 118-79 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 6-6 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 33 | ||||||||
LA Angels
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mike Trout | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .298 |
| Shohei Ohtani | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .325 |
| Justin Upton | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Albert Pujols | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .342 |
| Zack Cozart | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .229 |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .212 |
| Kole Calhoun | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .165 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .261 |
| Luis Valbuena | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .246 |
| Rene Rivera | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 |
| Totals | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Kole Calhoun (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Albert Pujols 2, Andrelton Simmons, Ian Kinsler, Kole Calhoun 2 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mike Trout 2 (8), Zack Cozart (23) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Zack Cozart (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Garrett Richards (L 4-2) | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.47 |
| Noe Ramirez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.80 |
| Blake Parker | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.10 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Garrett Richards 91-57, Noe Ramirez 17-11, Blake Parker 15-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Garrett Richards 6-2, Noe Ramirez 2-0, Blake Parker 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Garrett Richards 26, Noe Ramirez 4, Blake Parker 3 | ||||||||