HOUSTON -- Despite an early Mike Trout home run, the Astros had recovered, and even battled back to tie the Angels with single runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.
But that was the problem for the Astros. They couldn't muster the big inning to keep pace with Trout, who later in the eighth inning, blasted his second home run of the game at Minute Maid. This time it was a three-run shot from Trout, who had five RBIs in the Angels' 6-3 win on Friday night.
"We seemed to scratch and claw a couple runs, or one run at a time, but never got multiple hits in a row when we needed them," Astros manager A.