{"id":242636,"date":"2026-03-29T23:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/242636\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T23:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:05:08","slug":"angels-comeback-falls-short-vs-astros-in-series-splitting-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/242636\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels’ comeback falls short vs. Astros in series-splitting loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HOUSTON\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Isaac Paredes<\/a> hit a tiebreaking two-RBI double with two outs in the eighth inning to help the Houston Astros to a 9-7<\/a> win over the Angels<\/a> on Sunday despite a disappointing major league debut from starter Tatsuya Imai.<\/p>\n

There were two outs in the eighth when the Angels intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez to give Houston runners at first and third. Alvarez stole second before Paredes hit a line drive off Drew Pomeranz<\/a> (0-1) to put Houston on top 8-6.<\/p>\n

Jose Altuve followed with a double to push the lead to 9-6.<\/p>\n

Imai gave up three hits and four runs with four walks and four strikeouts in 2\u2154 innings.<\/p>\n

The Astros (2-2) are banking on him to have a big year after signing the right-hander to a three-year, $54-million contract following a stellar career in Japan where he was a three-time All-Star in eight seasons with the Pacific League\u2019s Seibu Lions.<\/p>\n

The Angels (2-2) had two on with one out in the ninth when Bryan King took over for Bryan Abreu. Nolan Schanuel<\/a> hit an RBI single to cut the lead to two, but King struck out the next two batters for his first save.<\/p>\n

Jorge Soler<\/a> drove in three runs and Zach Neto<\/a> hit a two-run homer for the Angels as they split the season-opening series.<\/p>\n

The score was tied with one on and one out in the fourth inning when Neto made it 6-4 with his shot to the seats in left field.<\/p>\n

Christian Walker\u2019s two-RBI double with two outs in the fifth inning tied it 6-6.<\/p>\n

Christian V\u00e1zquez drove in two runs with a single in Houston\u2019s four-run second inning to give the Astros an early lead.<\/p>\n

There was one out in the third when Imai walked Neto before he moved to third on a single by Mike Trout. Schanuel walked to load the bases and Soler cleared them with his double to the corner in left field to get the Angels within one.<\/p>\n

Jo Adell\u2019s two-out RBI single tied it at 4-4 and chased Imai.<\/p>\n

Angels starter Jack Kochanowicz yielded four hits and six runs with five walks in four innings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Isaac Paredes hit a tiebreaking two-RBI double with two outs in the eighth inning to help the Houston…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1426,49644,108873,108872,108871,81802,57484,48,52,51,5814,10561,47,50,49,3289,57087,2967,2668,687,14504],"class_list":["post-242636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-angels","tag-astros","tag-bryan-king","tag-houston-runner","tag-imai","tag-isaac-paredes","tag-jorge-soler","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lead","tag-left-field","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-loss","tag-nolan-schanuel","tag-out","tag-run","tag-walk","tag-zach-neto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}