Angels vs. Astros Game Highlights (6/1/23) | MLB Highlights

On the mound for the Astros Rennell Blanco making his first big league start this is his seventeenth big league appearance over the last two years nine relief appearances this year got to think there's probably some nerves right now for Rennell Blanco and then you add in the fact that in that first inning of your first major league start you get to face Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. Yeah break that seal early and there is a walk upstairs way up Shohei who has found his swing as well to home runs yesterday in Chicago first pitch and that's a ground ball through the right side a base hit Trout will stop at second as Tucker gets to it quickly and Shohei Ohtani is on with a first pitch single so still two men on but now two out for Matt Thaiss left handed hitting catcher. Oh yeah. Rennell Blanco run up to back strikeouts to sneak through the first. There's two men on for the Angels with two out Taylor Ward the batter Taylor Ward lines one toward left that gets down that's a base hit the Angels take the lead as Gio Urshela comes home. It's a two out RBI single for the suddenly red hot Taylor Ward Mike Trout with the plate. Mike walked his first time. No one's up fastball high and Trout has walked for the second time that's three walks allowed by Rennell Blanco and a load up the bases for Shohei Ohtani Shohei bats with the bases loaded. Angels have had one grand slam this year. Swing and a miss got him to chase a change up down and away and the side is retired getting Shohei Ohtani for the final out one nothing. Angels lead the Astros bottom of the second here's Kyle Tucker Tuck sitting over three hundred against lefties on the earth and he sends one down the line and right for a base hit in his first at bat of the month of June. That'll be a double for Kyle Tucker. He's the first base runner of the night for the Astros. Here's Jose Abreu Astros are hoping to get Abreu going fourth lowest OPS in the majors among players with at least one hundred and fifty plate appearances. There goes Tucker the pitches the calls. Guy Tuck has his team leading a steal the year as he picks up third base. Well now if you're Jose Abreu you don't have to do that much. Got a runner a third lesson to you just lift something the outfield let the speed of Kyle Tucker take over the line drive to right field played by Renfro. He's got a good arm. Here comes Tucker. Here comes the throw. Tucker safe. Very good throw by Renfro but a sack fly for Jose Abreu ties up the game at one of these Astros and Angels tied at one top of the fifth Laco throwing just 18 pitches in the last two innings after throwing twenty one of the first twenty five in the second. This ball popped high in the air Altuve is calling off a break. You so pray you were standing under there and Altuve came all the way over and called him off. Then we struck out Shelly with a change up that last pitch. Tony pops this one up a tough play Diaz over near the Angels dugout has it fouls out. There's one to left field off the bat of Brandon Drury. This one is going to go a long way under the train tracks in straight away left center. Brandon Drury powers the Angels into a two to one lead. The train kept rolling on that swing for Drury now double figures with home runs now four in the lineup tonight for the Angels with home run number 10 at the end of the season for Brandon Drury. Now Yannick Diaz stands in grounded out his first time. Looks like the Angels now with one out are going to bring the infield in Arizona pulling up the middle Yannick Diaz and an 0 2 count smokes a single to center. We're tied at two now Jordan Alvarez his turn he is over to tonight and three for his last twenty seven almost hits him on the breaking ball and that'll load him up for Alex Bregman. Nevin does not come out. So now here comes Alex. You like this matchup coming into this game hitting three fifty with three home runs and thirteen RBI is ground ball toward third under the glove of Gio Urshela. Two runs are going to score Astros lead four to two a three run inning Astros putting some big swings together some quality at bats Hector Neris the new pitcher for the Astros with Hunter Renfroe with second Gio Urshela at first one out top of the six four to two Astros the batter Zach Neto. Neto lines one toward left that's going to get down base hit a stop Renfroe at third here's Taylor Ward with the bases loaded tying run at second go ahead run at first and Ward takes strike three on a pitch that look low that's not even close to a strike that's not even close to a strike and Phil Nevin is now in the face of the home plate umpire Stu Sherwater Phil Nevin and Stu Sherwater nose to nose as Nevin has his say Phil Nevin ejected after a bad call struck out Taylor Ward on to a two trout loops one toward left center but Pena is there and that ends the inning. Angels loaded him up they don't score. Now it's Tucker who's two for three with a double under run scored. I'll do it to a three hit day for Tucker he's going to go for two and he'll get there. Kyle Tucker a three hit game three for four performance for King Doug Jose a Bray you bats with a runner in scoring position and one out. Getting to hand over a five to lead the Ryan Presley closer for the Houston Astros. This will be twenty fourth appearance on the season. He is ten of eleven in save opportunities. Tony two for eleven against Ryan Presley six strikeouts power slider down and in. Got him again and that slow breaking ball has been very effective for Ryan Presley this season. But now the Astros one out away from moving back to 10 games over five hundred. That's their high watermark of the season. This ball popped up. Somebody should call it Pena and a Bray you a Bray you calls off Pena and takes it on top of the mound and a big smile because they got called off by Altuve earlier in the game tonight. They have put on the infield and congratulations to Dusty Baker is now eighth all time in managerial wins passing Joe McCarthy as they break the tie two thousand one hundred and twenty six wins for Dusty a good win to start the four game series plumber. Yeah they needed that after that tough loss yesterday to the Minnesota Twins but they did a good job and congratulations to Dusty also as Jeremy Pena and Jose a Bray you hopefully make up after getting that W.