{"id":1642,"date":"2026-07-30T07:58:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T07:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2026-07-30T07:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T07:58:39","slug":"angels-are-swept-by-the-astros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1642","title":{"rendered":"Angels are swept by the Astros"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cam Smith gave Houston the lead with a two-run double in the sixth inning, Yainer Diaz and Jeremy Pe\u00f1a hit solo homers and the Astros beat the Angels 7-4 on Wednesday night<\/a> for a three-game sweep.<\/p>\n

Houston right-hander Hayden Wesneski, making his first start in almost 15 months after undergoing Tommy John surgery in May 2025, gave up three runs and seven hits in 5 2\/3 innings, striking out four and walking two, to earn the win. Bryan Abreu got the final four outs for his seventh save.<\/p>\n

Wesneski (1-0) survived a three-run, four-hit first to blank the Angels<\/a> on three hits over the next 4 2\/3 innings to help the Astros win for the eighth time in nine games and reach .500 (55-55) for the first time since April 7, when they were 6-6. Houston also pulled within a game of first-place Texas<\/a> in the American League West.<\/p>\n

Right-hander Grayson Rodriguez gave up two runs and five hits in five innings, striking out six and walking two, for the Angels, who lost for the 18th time in 23 games.<\/p>\n

Vaughn Grissom\u2019s two-run double and Jo Adell\u2019s RBI single gave the Angels a 3-0 lead in the first. Homers by Diaz in the second and Pe\u00f1a in the third trimmed the deficit to 3-2.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez retired the side in order in the fourth and fifth innings, but with his pitch count at 98, he was replaced by left-hander Mitch Farris (0-3) to start the sixth.<\/p>\n

Tyler Trammell walked with one out, Diaz singled and Smith lined a two-run double into the left-field corner for a 4-3 Houston lead. Smith took third on a wild pitch and scored on another wild pitch for a 5-3 lead.<\/p>\n

Houston pushed the lead to 6-3 in the seventh when Altuve singled and scored from first on Diaz\u2019s bloop single to shallow right field. Adell hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth for the Angels, and Houston scored on an error in the ninth.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cam Smith gave Houston the lead with a two-run double in the sixth inning, Yainer Diaz and Jeremy Pe\u00f1a hit solo homers and the Astros beat the Angels 7-4 on Wednesday night for a three-game sweep. Houston right-hander Hayden Wesneski, making his first start in almost 15 months after undergoing Tommy John surgery in May…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/de8bc35\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5833x3062+0+413\/resize\/1200x630!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd4%2F78%2F217ddfb844dda83914abd1aabee4%2Fastros-angels-baseball-6115.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1495,994,3162],"class_list":["post-1642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-angels","tag-astros","tag-swept"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}