{"id":550108,"date":"2026-03-28T08:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/550108\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T08:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:53:07","slug":"angels-face-the-astros-with-2-0-series-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/550108\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels face the Astros with 2-0 series lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Angels<\/a> (2-0) vs. Houston Astros<\/a> (0-2)<\/p>\n

Houston; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Angels: Reid Detmers<\/a> (0-0); Astros: Cristian Javier<\/a> (0-0)<\/p>\n

Astros -148, Angels +124; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Angels lead 2-0 in a four-game series against the Houston Astros.<\/p>\n

Houston went 87-75 overall and 46-35 in home games last season. The Astros averaged 8.5 hits per game in the 2025 season with 2.7 extra base hits per game.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles went 72-90 overall and 33-48 in road games a season ago. The Angels averaged 7.5 hits per game last season while batting a collective .225.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Astros: Brandon Walter<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nate Pearson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Zach Dezenzo<\/a>: 10-Day IL (elbow), Ronel Blanco: 15-Day IL (elbow), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (oblique), Enyel De Los Santos: 15-Day IL (knee), Josh Hader: 15-Day IL (biceps), Hayden Wesneski: 15-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

Angels: Kirby Yates: 15-Day IL (knee), Robert Stephenson<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Vaughn Grissom<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hand), Grayson Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (arm), Ben Joyce: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Anthony Rendon<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip), Alek Manoah: 15-Day IL (finger)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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