Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Houston 8,
LA Angels 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 22, 2021
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ron Kulpa, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Ryan Wills, 3B - Ryan Blakney
Attendance: 13985
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ron Kulpa, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Ryan Wills, 3B - Ryan Blakney
Attendance: 13985
Final Scoring Summary
LA Angels
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| David Fletcher | 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 |
| Shohei Ohtani | DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .286 |
| Mike Trout | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .393 |
| Scott Schebler | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .200 |
| Jared Walsh | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .321 |
| Justin Upton | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .241 |
| Albert Pujols | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .229 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 |
| Jose Rojas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .120 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .233 |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Rojas (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Albert Pujols (3) | |||||||||
| TB - David Fletcher 2, Jared Walsh, Justin Upton, Albert Pujols 4, Jose Iglesias, Jose Rojas 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Albert Pujols 2 (8) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Albert Pujols 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Shohei Ohtani (5), Scott Schebler (1), Jose Iglesias 2 (11), Jose Rojas (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Albert Pujols (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Alex Cobb (L 1-1) | 2.2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6.28 |
| Alex Claudio | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Junior Guerra | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 |
| Ben Rowen | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Alex Bregman (by Cobb) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Alex Cobb 79-47, Alex Claudio 16-11, Junior Guerra 33-21, Ben Rowen 35-20 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Alex Cobb 3-0, Alex Claudio 1-0, Junior Guerra 5-1, Ben Rowen 0-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Alex Cobb 19, Alex Claudio 5, Junior Guerra 11, Ben Rowen 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Alex Claudio 1-1, Junior Guerra 1-1, Ben Rowen 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .310 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .326 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .275 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .317 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .171 |
| Aledmys Diaz | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .279 |
| Myles Straw | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .203 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .098 |
| Totals | 38 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Michael Brantley (6), Aledmys Diaz (4), Martin Maldonado (1) | |||||||||
| 3B - Myles Straw (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Carlos Correa 2, Michael Brantley 3, Alex Bregman 3, Yordan Alvarez, Kyle Tucker, Aledmys Diaz 3, Myles Straw 3, Martin Maldonado 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Carlos Correa 2 (9), Alex Bregman 3 (9), Yuli Gurriel (9), Myles Straw 2 (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Carlos Correa (2), Alex Bregman 2 (2), Yuli Gurriel (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kyle Tucker 4 (14), Martin Maldonado (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Kyle Tucker (1, 2nd off Guerra/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cristian Javier (W 2-0) | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.32 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.91 |
| Brooks Raley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.39 |
| Joe Smith | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12.71 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Cristian Javier | ||||||||
| HBP - Mike Trout (by Javier), Kurt Suzuki (by Abreu) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Cristian Javier 98-62, Bryan Abreu 38-22, Brooks Raley 10-6, Joe Smith 17-10, Ryan Pressly 13-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cristian Javier 2-3, Bryan Abreu 2-0, Brooks Raley 2-1, Joe Smith 0-0, Ryan Pressly 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cristian Javier 20, Bryan Abreu 8, Brooks Raley 3, Joe Smith 4, Ryan Pressly 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brooks Raley 2-0 | ||||||||