Jered Weaver wasn't fooling anyone Monday night, least of all the Houston Astros, who racked up nine hits and clobbered a pair of two-run homers in 5 2/3 innings against the Angels right-hander in a 6-3 victory in Minute Maid Park.
Weaver baffled the free-swinging Astros in Anaheim on Sept. 11, killing them softly with his 83-mph fastball, slider, changeup and a floater of a 66-mph curve that made several Houston hitters look silly.
The Angels won that game, 3-2, behind Weaver's six-inning, two-run, five-hit effort, which pushed him to 2-0 with a 1.71 earned-run average in three starts against the Astros this season.