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Fisher, McCann homer; Morton off in slugfest

HOUSTON -- Charlie Morton was the American League's ERA leader. Shohei Ohtani is billed as the next big thing on the mound. Who could have imagined the Astros and Angels were set for a slugfest on Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park?

Reliever Joe Smith was tagged for four runs in the seventh inning, capped by a three-run homer by Andrelton Simmons -- his second of the game -- as the Astros couldn't complete a rally for the second game in a row in an 8-7 defeat.

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Simmons' second homer put the Angels ahead, 8-5, and RBI singles by Alex Bregman and Marwin Gonzalez in the bottom of the inning cut the deficit to one, but Angels third baseman Zack Cozart made a nice stop on a hard-hit ball by George Springer with the bases loaded to get a forceout at second base to end the threat.