Angels shut out the Houston nine 4-0.
WP: Richards (5-2)
LP: Cosart (4-5)
contributed by Sphinx Drummond
The Astros’ run machine took the day off Wednesday, the team could only manage four hits against a fine pitching performance by Garret Richards. Fowler was good for two of the hits. Altuve and Castro had the other two hits. The heralded rookies went a collective 0-7 with four strike outs, though Springer did manage to get on base when he was hit by a pitch. Cosart wasn’t his sharpest, giving up three runs on eights hits over 6.2 innings of work. On the plus side he did strike out eight Angels.
The Angels were without Mike Trout again, he is out with a sore back but MRI tests proved nothing. My suggestion for Mr. Trout, when he feels better, is to not do again whatever he did to hurt his back to begin with. Jonathan Villar sat out Wednesdays game with a sore elbow after getting beaned the night before. I would suggest to Mr. Villar to avoid getting hit in the elbow, it is better to be hit in a more fatty or muscular part of the body to better absorb the impact.
The series wraps up on Thursday at an hour earlier than normal 6:10 start time. Brad Peacock faces off against Tyler Skaggs.
Random thought: I always thought it would have been neat if Peter Angelos had worked out a deal to own the Angels.
Attendance – 23902
Game Time – 2:53
Temperature – 73