Houston Astros vs. Los Angeles Angels Scores, Stats and Recap – June 9, 2024 Gametracker

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Logan O’Hoppe hit a two-run homer with one out in the ninth to complete a four-hit game, and the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 9-7 victory over the Astros of Houston on Sunday despite Jose Altuve tying a career high with four hits.

After Kevin Pillar came aboard with a one-out single to left, O’Hoppe hit a slider from Josh Hader (3-4) deep into left field. Trey Cabbage appeared to take a leap at the short wall, but dropped it when his left arm hit the wall, knocking him into the stands and giving the Angels their first win of the season.

“I didn’t know if he caught it and what happened with the play,” O’Hoppe said. “I’m still not really sure what happened and I’m trying to figure it all out. It was a cool moment.

Cabbage said he felt the bullet come loose when his arm hit the back of the wall. He realized he didn’t have it when he reached for his glove and tried to put it back on, only to realize the ball was in the stands.

“I grabbed it and when I hit the wall it came loose somehow. I had it in the glove and when I hit the brick behind the pad it just fell over. But I had it,” said Cabbage, who entered the game in the bottom of the sixth when third baseman Alex Bregman left after being hit by a left-handed pitch in the top of the inning. Mauricio Dubón passed from the left to the third.

It was O’Hoppe’s first hit and the Angels’ first home run in nearly two years. It was also his second four-hit game of the season.

Mickey Moniak and Michael Stefanic also drove in two runs apiece as the Angels recovered from a three-run deficit in the sixth inning.

Carlos Estévez (1-3) retired the Astros in the ninth to earn the victory.

“We showed some resilience,” Angels manager Ron Washington said. “We got big hits when we needed them and the pitchers kept us there. Yes, we gave up seven points, but in the end we outlasted them.

Altuve also homered and drove in three runs. It was his first four-hit game this season and the 39th of his career. His two-run homer in the sixth inning gave Houston a 7-4 lead before the Angels rallied.

The Angels took a 4-3 lead in the fifth thanks to Willie Calhoun’s hit that drove in Luis Rengifo. The advantage was short-lived as the Astros answered in the sixth.

Jose Abreu and Chas McCormick delivered RBI doubles before Altuve drove Hunter Strickland’s slider into the rock pile in left center for a two-run shot to give the Astros a three-run lead.

Moniak’s hit in the sixth drove in O’Hoppe to bring the Angels within two runs before tying the game in the eighth.

Zach Neto had an RBI double, advanced to third on Ryan Pressley’s wild pitch and scored on Stefanic’s slow grounder to second to tie the game at 7-all.

TRAINERS ROOM

Astros: Bregman is day-to-day and said X-rays were negative after Strickland’s sinker hit him on his left wrist bone. Bregman extended his hitting streak to 11 games with an RBI double in the third inning.

FOLLOWING

Astros: RHP Spencer Arrighetti (3-5, 5.79 ERA) takes the mound Monday for the start of a three-game set at San Francisco.

Angels: Open a three-game series at Arizona on Tuesday. LHP José Suarez (1-0, 6.54 ERA) will make his first start of the season.

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