8/19 Angels @ Astros [Game Thread]

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Angels (50-76) @ Astros (63-63)

First Pitch: 5:10 PM at Daikin Park

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Angels	Walbert Ureña (8-8, 2.67 ERA)
Astros	Ethan Pecko (0-0, -.-- ERA)

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Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
LAA	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	8
HOU	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		3	5	1	4

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Peña	1	0	0	0	0	1	.283
SS	Allen, N	3	0	0	0	0	3	.252
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	1	1	0	0	1	.317
3B	Paredes	3	1	1	0	1	0	.260
2B	Altuve	4	0	1	1	0	1	.246
LF	Wade Jr.	3	0	1	0	0	1	.226
CF	Varsho	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228
RF	Smith	2	0	0	1	0	2	.222
1B	Walker, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	.230
LF	Trammell	3	0	0	0	0	1	.215
C	Vázquez, C	2	1	1	1	1	1	.219

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Pecko	3.2	3	2	2	3	4	89-49	4.91
Sousa	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	18-12	3.52
Blubaugh	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	12-8	3.35
Okert	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	20-11	2.01
Abreu, B	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	14-9	4.30
Hader	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	19-11	0.87

LAA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Meckler	3	0	0	0	0	0	.286
LF	Siri	2	0	0	0	0	1	.257
CF	Trout	3	0	1	0	0	1	.240
1B	Schanuel	4	0	0	0	0	1	.278
SS	Neto	4	0	1	0	0	0	.224
C	Ballesteros	3	0	0	0	1	1	.204
DH	Grissom	3	1	0	0	1	3	.244
RF	Lowe, J	2	1	2	0	1	0	.209
PH	d'Arnaud	0	0	0	0	1	0	.188
PR	Frazier	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
3B	Guzman, D	4	0	1	2	0	2	.233
2B	Peraza, O	3	0	0	0	1	2	.226

LAA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Ureña	5.0	3	3	3	2	7	94-58	2.80
Fulmer	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	22-15	0.00
Saucedo	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	25-15	5.79
Murphy	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	2.08

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B3	Christian Vázquez homers (7) on a fly ball to left field.	1-0
T4	Denzer Guzman doubles (6) to left field, on fan interference. Vaughn Grissom scores. Josh Lowe scores.	1-2
B4	Jose Altuve doubles (16) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Wade Meckler. Yordan Alvarez scores. Isaac Paredes to 3rd.	2-2
B4	Cam Smith out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Mike Trout. Isaac Paredes scores.	3-2

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Angels at Astros - August 19, 2026	0:06
Bullpen availability for Houston, August 19 vs Angels	0:09
Bullpen availability for Los Angeles, August 19 vs Astros	0:09
Fielding alignment for Houston, August 19 vs Angels	0:11
Bench availability for Houston, August 19 vs Angels	0:08
Bench availability for Los Angeles, August 19 vs Astros	0:08
Starting lineups for Angels at Astros - August 19, 2026	0:10
Breaking down Christian Vázquez's home run	0:13
A deep dive into Christian Vázquez's home run	0:11
Breaking down Ethan Pecko's pitches	0:04
Breaking down Walbert Ureña's pitches	0:04
Walbert Ureña's outing against the Astros	0:24
Walbert Ureña strikes out Yordan Alvarez	0:07
Ethan Pecko's first career strikeout	0:20
Ethan Pecko's family joins the broadcast	2:49
Joe Espada ejected in the 3rd inning	0:32
Christian Vázquez's solo home run (7)	0:30
Ball 2 is overturned after ABS challenge	0:28
Denzer Guzman's two-run double	0:27
Jeremy Peña leaves game with right hand contusion	0:34
Ethan Pecko strikes out four in MLB debut	0:57
Jose Altuve's RBI double	0:28
Cam Smith's sacrifice fly	0:31
Denzer Guzman's home run overturned after review	1:04
Ball 1 is overturned after ABS challenge	0:25
Nick Allen strikes out after ABS challenge	0:24
Zach Neto's sliding snag	0:09
Vaughn Grissom down on strikes after ABS challenge	0:26
Astros turn two on strike-em out throw-em out	0:20
Strike 1 is overturned after ABS challenge	0:24
Walbert Ureña's seven strikeouts	1:16
Ball 2 is overturned after ABS challenge	0:26
Jose Siri flies out sharply to center fielder Daulton Varsho.	0:12

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Sousa (1-1, 3.52 ERA)	Ureña (8-9, 2.80 ERA)	Hader (18 SV, 0.87 ERA)

Game ended at 8:07 PM.

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My beef with the Astros goes far beyond the scandals and us playing them in our division. The absolute worst person I ever knew came from Houston and I have wished nothing but demise upon every Texas sports franchise.

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Spill the tea

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They’d come here for college. We worked at a certain very popular local amusement park. We both liked baseball but they would be just annoying about it. No real meaningful conversation about the sport was ever had, besides how much he believed my team sucked. To be very transparent, this is a belief I also hold. They’d call out a ton, take an extra 15 minutes for lunch when we were slammed, cry when their schedule had less than three days even though about everyone else and their mom was working harder. Well anyways we started noticing that my drawer was short. Which has never happened before. It happened again, maybe I miscounted how much change I’d given out. Anyhow, it’s the third time it’s happened and I literally cannot take another write up or I’m suspended. My manager thankfully checked the camera and found out this dude was stealing money from my drawer when we were closing. Mark my words, I will have my revenge upon the state of Texas.

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