LA Angels at Houston — MLB August 20, 2026

LAA

LA Angels

HOU

Houston

18 – 3

Final

Daikin Park, Houston, TX

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAA	1	3	0	6	4	0	2	0	2	18	18	1
HOU	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	2

Decisions

Win G. Rodriguez LAA

7.0 IP · 5 H · 0 ER · 6 K · 6.41 ERA

Loss P. Lambert HOU

3.2 IP · 8 H · 9 ER · 3 K · 3.68 ERA

Recap

Astros Open Series Against Last-Place Angels Tuesday at Daikin Park sports.yahoo.com · opens on their site ›

Highlights

ANGELS vs. ASTROS: Official Full Game Highlights (August 20) | 2026 MLB Season

Angels vs. Astros full game highlights from 8/20/26

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	LAA	HOU
Top 1st Zach Neto singles on a fly ball to right fielder Cam Smith. Wade Meckler scores.	1	0
Bottom 1st Jose Altuve reaches on a fielder's choice. LaMonte Wade Jr. scores. Yordan Alvarez to 3rd. Isaac Paredes to 2nd. Throwing error by third baseman Vaughn Grissom.	1	1
Bottom 1st Wild pitch by pitcher Grayson Rodriguez. Yordan Alvarez scores. Isaac Paredes to 3rd. Jose Altuve to 2nd.	1	2
Top 2nd Vaughn Grissom singles on a ground ball to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Moisés Ballesteros scores.	2	2
Top 2nd Tyler Heineman out on a sacrifice bunt, first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. to second baseman Jose Altuve. Vaughn Grissom scores. Josh Lowe to 2nd.	3	2
Top 2nd Angels challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned: Adam Frazier reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. Josh Lowe scores.	4	2
Top 4th Adam Frazier doubles (7) on a fly ball to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Josh Lowe scores.	5	2
Top 4th Zach Neto singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Taylor Trammell. Adam Frazier scores. Wade Meckler to 3rd. Mike Trout to 2nd.	6	2
Top 4th Moisés Ballesteros singles on a ground ball to left fielder Taylor Trammell. Wade Meckler scores. Mike Trout scores. Zach Neto to 3rd. Moisés Ballesteros to 2nd.	8	2
Top 4th Vaughn Grissom doubles (17) on a line drive to left fielder Taylor Trammell. Zach Neto scores. Moisés Ballesteros scores.	10	2
Top 5th Nolan Schanuel grounds into a force out, first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. to shortstop Nick Allen. Tyler Heineman scores. Adam Frazier to 3rd. Jose Siri out at 2nd. Nolan Schanuel to 1st.	11	2
Top 5th Zach Neto homers (21) on a fly ball to center field. Adam Frazier scores. Nolan Schanuel scores.	14	2
Top 7th Zach Neto doubles (25) on a fly ball to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Jose Siri scores. Mike Trout scores.	16	2
Top 9th Denzer Guzman homers (6) on a line drive to left field. Oswald Peraza scores.	18	2
Bottom 9th Cam Smith out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jose Siri. Daulton Varsho scores.	18	3

Closing line

		Open	Close
money	LAA	+165	+165
money	HOU	-185	-181
spread	LAA	+1½ (-130)	+1 (+113)
spread	HOU	-1½ (+115)	-1 (-127)
totals	LAA	O 8½ (-104)	O 8 (-110)
totals	HOU	U 8½ (-110)	U 8 (-102)

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Box score

LA Angels

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
W. Meckler LF	2	2	1	0	1	0	.288
J. Siri PR-LF	1	1	0	0	1	0	.255
M. Trout CF	3	2	0	0	2	2	.239
O. Peraza 2B	1	1	1	0	0	0	.228
N. Schanuel 1B	4	1	0	1	0	0	.276
D. Guzman 3B	2	1	1	2	0	1	.236
Z. Neto SS	6	2	5	7	0	0	.231
M. Ballesteros DH	6	2	2	2	0	2	.208
V. Grissom 3B-1B	6	1	3	3	0	1	.249
J. Lowe RF	5	2	2	0	0	1	.213
T. Heineman C	3	1	1	1	0	0	.184
A. Frazier 2B-LF	5	2	2	2	0	0	.243
Totals		18	18		4	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
G. Rodriguez W	7.0	5	2	0	2	6	99
B. Weiman	2.0	3	1	1	0	3	35

Houston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
L. Wade Jr. 1B-P	3	1	0	0	1	3	.218
Y. Alvarez DH	1	1	1	0	1	0	.319
Y. Diaz PH-DH	2	0	1	0	0	0	.254
I. Paredes 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.262
J. Altuve 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.245
R. Delgado 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.257
D. Varsho CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.229
T. Trammell LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.211
C. Smith RF	3	0	0	1	0	1	.221
N. Allen SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	.261
C. Vázquez C	4	0	1	0	0	1	.220
Totals		3	8		2	9

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
P. Lambert L	3.2	8	9	9	2	3	79
B. King	1.1	5	5	5	0	1	37
T. Imai	3.0	2	2	2	2	3	57
L. Wade Jr.	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	11