Angels rout Astros for 9th straight victory; magic number is five

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Astros 3

(65-82, 30-43 away)

Angels 11

(92-55, 48-24 home)

76°
Clear

10:05 PM ET, September 12, 2014
Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	3
LAA	0	0	0	2	7	2	0	0	-	11	12	1

W: C. Wilson (12-9)
L: B. Oberholtzer (5-11)

 

 

 

Associated Press

Angels Win Ninth Straight

The Angels score 11 unanswered runs en route to an 11-3 win over the Astros.

Tags: MLB, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels, Mike Trout

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- David Freese hit a two-run homer and Mike Trout had an RBI triple during Los Angeles' seven-run fifth inning, and the Angels beat the Houston Astros 11-3 Friday night for their ninth consecutive victory.
Kole Calhoun had a tiebreaking, two-run single in the fifth for the major league-leading Angels (92-55), who began their final homestand by reducing their magic number to five for their first AL West title since 2009. They lead spiraling Oakland, which lost 4-2 in Seattle, by 11 games with 15 to play.
Calhoun had three hits for the Angels, who erased an early 3-0 deficit with another barrage from the majors' most productive offense. Los Angeles has scored at least seven runs in eight consecutive games.
Brett Oberholtzer (5-11) couldn't get through the fifth for the Astros, who had won eight of 10.

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Regular Season Series

Los Angeles leads 11-6 (as of Fri 9/12)
Fri 4/4	LAA 11, @HOU 1	Recap
Sat 4/5	LAA 5, @HOU 1	Recap
Sun 4/6	@HOU 7, LAA 4	Recap
Mon 4/7	LAA 9, @HOU 1	Recap
Mon 5/19	HOU 5, @LAA 2	Recap
Tue 5/20	@LAA 9, HOU 3	Recap
Wed 5/21	@LAA 2, HOU 1	Recap
Tue 6/3	@HOU 7, LAA 2	Recap
Wed 6/4	LAA 4, @HOU 0	Recap
Thu 6/5	@HOU 8, LAA 5	Recap
Thu 7/3	@LAA 5, HOU 2	Recap
Fri 7/4	@LAA 7, HOU 6	Recap
Sat 7/5	@LAA 11, HOU 5	Recap
Sun 7/6	@LAA 6, HOU 1	Recap
Tue 9/2	@HOU 8, LAA 3	Recap
Wed 9/3	@HOU 4, LAA 1	Recap
» Fri 9/12	@LAA 11, HOU 3	Box Score
Sep 13, 2014	HOU (Feldman) @ LAA (Weaver)	9:05 PM ET
Sep 14, 2014	HOU (Keuchel) @ LAA (Santiago)	3:35 PM ET
Complete Schedule: Astros | Angels

Scoring Summary

			HOU	LAA
	1st	J Marisnick reached on infield single to catcher, J Altuve scored, D Fowler to third, C Carter to second.	1	0
	2nd	R Grossman singled to center, J Singleton scored.	2	0
	4th	D Fowler doubled to deep right, R Grossman scored.	3	0
	4th	M Trout doubled to deep right center, K Calhoun scored.	3	1
	4th	H Kendrick lined out to center, M Trout scored on error by shortstop J Villar.	3	2
	5th	C Cowgill safe at second on error by right fielder J Marisnick, E Aybar scored, C Iannetta to third.	3	3
	5th	K Calhoun singled to center, C Iannetta and C Cowgill scored.	3	5
	5th	M Trout tripled to deep center, K Calhoun scored.	3	6
	5th	A Pujols hit sacrifice fly to right, M Trout scored.	3	7
	5th	D Freese homered to right (383 feet), H Kendrick scored.	3	9
	6th	H Kendrick doubled to deep center, K Calhoun and A Pujols scored.	3	11
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Game Information

Stadium	Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA
Attendance	33,339 (73.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:37
Weather	84 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	6 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Ron Kulpa, First Base - Lance Barrett, Second Base - Dana DeMuth, Third Base - Tom Woodring

Research Notes

Jose Altuve (HOU): 60 multi-hit games this season, most in MLB. Only one player had more such games in a season in Astros history - Derek Bell in 1998 (61).   [+]

Mike Trout (LAA): 104th RBI this season in 4th inning. He's the 1st Angels player to record at least 100 RBI and 100 Runs in the same season since Vladimir Guerrero in 2004 (126 RBI, 124 Runs that season)