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March 27, 2026 · AL West

Los Angeles Angels vs Houston Astros

March 27, 2026Daikin ParkRoof Closed 73°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Los Angeles Angels
2-0
6
vs
HOME
Houston Astros
0-2
2

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Nolan Schanuel Nolan Schanuel grounds into a double play, second baseman Jose Altuve to shortstop Jeremy Peña to first baseman Christian Walker. Zach Neto scores. Mike Trout out at 2nd. Nolan Schanuel out at 1st. LAA 1, HOU 0
B1 Jose Altuve Jose Altuve walks. LAA 1, HOU 1
T2 Josh Lowe Josh Lowe homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Yoán Moncada scores. Jo Adell scores. LAA 4, HOU 1
T5 Mike Trout Mike Trout homers (2) on a line drive to left field. LAA 5, HOU 1
B5 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. LAA 5, HOU 2
T9 Zach Neto Zach Neto homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. LAA 6, HOU 2

Box score

  123456789 R
LAA 130010001 6
HOU 100010000 2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Angels AWAY 6

Yusei Kikuchi started for Angels, leaving with a 5–2 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Yusei Kikuchi Starter 4.1 86 2 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Yusei Kikuchi threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 55% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 28 33% 6 4 7 5 6
    Splitter 22 26% 0 5 1 11 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 17 20% 2 2 1 9 3
    Cutter 15 17% 2 1 2 6 4
    Curveball 4 5% 1 0 1 2 0
  • Chase Silseth Middle 0.2 10 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Ryan Zeferjahn Middle 2.0 23 0 2 W
  • Sam Bachman Middle 1.0 27 0 3 HLD
  • Jordan Romano Reliever 1.0 13 0 2
Astros HOME 2

Mike Burrows started for Astros, leaving trailing 2–5. Out of the bullpen, Ryan Weiss took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Mike Burrows Starter 5.2 94 5 6 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Mike Burrows threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 58% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 28 30% 4 5 4 10 5
    Changeup 26 28% 4 3 3 14 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 18 19% 1 2 4 6 5
    Sinker 15 16% 0 2 6 2 5
    Curveball 7 7% 1 2 0 3 1
  • Roddery Muñoz Reliever 0.2 26 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Steven Okert Setup 1.2 20 0 3 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Ryan Weiss Reliever 1.0 22 1 2

Where the game turned

3 runs Top 2nd · off Burrows
  • Lowe HR (3)

Batting lines

AWAY · LAA
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Zach Neto SS 5 2 2 1 0 1 .200 .200 .600 .800 HR (1), 2B
Mike Trout CF 4 1 3 1 1 0 .667 .800 1.667 2.467 HR (2)
Nolan Schanuel 1B 3 0 2 0 2 0 .375 .500 .750 1.250
Jorge Soler DH 4 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311
Yoán Moncada 3B 4 1 0 0 1 1 .143 .400 .143 .543
Jo Adell LF 5 1 1 0 0 2 .375 .500 .375 .875
Logan O'Hoppe C 4 0 1 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750
Oswald Peraza 2B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393
Josh Lowe LF 4 1 2 3 0 1 .250 .250 .750 1.000 HR (1), 2B
HOME · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jeremy Peña SS 5 1 2 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 SB
Yordan Alvarez LF 5 1 1 1 0 1 .125 .222 .500 .722 HR (1)
Isaac Paredes DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .125 .000 .125
Jose Altuve 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .167 .375 .167 .542 SB
Carlos Correa 3B 3 0 2 0 1 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
Cam Smith RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .125 .000 .125
Christian Walker 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .333 .619
Yainer Diaz C 4 0 1 0 0 1 .143 .250 .143 .393
Joey Loperfido PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Brice Matthews CF 3 0 1 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · LAA
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Yusei Kikuchi 4.1 8 2 2 1 3 1 86 4.15
Chase Silseth 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00
Ryan Zeferjahn 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 0.00 W
Sam Bachman 1.0 0 0 0 2 3 0 27 0.00 HLD
Jordan Romano 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0.00
HOME · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Mike Burrows 5.2 9 5 5 2 6 2 94 7.94 L
Roddery Muñoz 0.2 0 0 0 3 0 0 26 0.00
Steven Okert 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 20 0.00
Ryan Weiss 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 1 22 9.00

Manager comparison

AWAY · LAA
Kurt Suzuki
Lineup 1.8 R Bunts 1.2 R IBBs 3.4 R
HOME · HOU
Joe Espada
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 0.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · LAA
4-6 L1 +0 run diff
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HOME · HOU
6-4 L1 -5 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with LAA listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.