The Astros entered Sunday with plans of sweeping the Angels in a four-game series, but it didn’t happen as planned. Even though Houston enjoyed a good pitching effort from JP France, they couldn’t hit against opponent starter Griffin Canning and the other Angels’ pitchers. They lost 2-1 with two late runs courtesy of the Halos.
It was a beautiful pitching duel between France and Canning and it was only zeroes on the scoreboard until the Astros produced their lone run of the game. Yainer Díaz slugged his third homer of the campaign – Díaz also recorded his fourth double of the season and the Astros’ only two extra-base hits of the game.