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August 18, 2026 · AL West

Los Angeles Angels vs Houston Astros

August 18, 2026Daikin ParkRoof Closed 73°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Los Angeles Angels
50-76
3
vs
HOME
Houston Astros
63-63
1

Game Highlights

Published August 18, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T3 Nolan Schanuel Nolan Schanuel singles on a line drive to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Wade Meckler scores. Mike Trout to 3rd. LAA 1, HOU 0
T4 Josh Lowe Josh Lowe homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. LAA 2, HOU 0
T5 Zach Neto Zach Neto doubles (24) on a fly ball to shortstop Jeremy Peña. Nolan Schanuel scores. LAA 3, HOU 0
B8 Cam Smith Cam Smith homers (17) on a fly ball to left field. LAA 3, HOU 1

Box score

  123456789 R
LAA 001110000 3
HOU 000000010 1

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 3

George Klassen started for Angels, leaving with a 3–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, José Fermin took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • George Klassen Starter 7.0 86 0 7 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what George Klassen threw
    CSW 31% 1st-pitch strike 60% 3.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 43 50% 2 7 7 18 9
    Slider 39 45% 12 5 3 14 5
    Changeup 3 3% 1 0 2 0 0
    Curveball 1 1% 0 0 0 0 1
  • José Fermin Middle 0.1 10 1 0 HLD
  • Ryan Watson Middle 0.2 12 0 1 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Ben Joyce Closer 1.0 11 0 2 SV
Astros HOME 1

Cristian Javier started for Astros, leaving trailing 0–2. Out of the bullpen, Bryan King took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Cristian Javier Starter 4.0 87 2 5 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Cristian Javier threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 56% 4.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 47 54% 6 5 15 13 8
    Sweeper 26 30% 6 3 2 14 1
    Changeup 11 13% 3 1 3 3 1
    Cutter 3 3% 0 0 0 1 2
  • Bryan King Setup 0.2 16 1 1
  • Enyel De Los Santos Middle 1.1 15 0 0 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • AJ Blubaugh Middle 2.0 24 0 0
  • Miguel Ullola Reliever 1.0 11 0 2

Where the game turned

1 run Top 3rd · off Javier
  • Schanuel 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · LAA
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Mike Trout CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .240 .381 .438 .819
Nolan Schanuel 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 .281 .357 .393 .750
Zach Neto SS 4 0 2 1 0 1 .224 .309 .410 .719 2B
Moisés Ballesteros DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .207 .279 .325 .604
Josh Lowe RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 .202 .259 .360 .619 HR (10)
Denzer Guzman 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .233 .278 .347 .625
Tyler Heineman C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .180 .232 .233 .465
Wade Meckler LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .290 .357 .385 .742 SB
Vaughn Grissom 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .247 .305 .375 .680
HOME · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jeremy Peña SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .284 .339 .471 .810
Yordan Alvarez DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 .318 .431 .613 1.044
Isaac Paredes 3B 2 0 0 0 2 0 .259 .352 .422 .774
Jose Altuve 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .246 .311 .396 .707
Daulton Varsho CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .228 .296 .352 .648
Christian Walker 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .232 .309 .443 .752
Taylor Trammell LF 3 0 0 0 0 3 .219 .308 .393 .701
Cam Smith RF 3 1 1 1 0 0 .223 .292 .402 .694 HR (17)
Yainer Diaz C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .252 .280 .393 .673

Pitching lines

AWAY · LAA
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
George Klassen 7.0 1 0 0 3 7 0 86 3.74 W
José Fermin 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 1 10 3.24 HLD
Ryan Watson 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 4.27 HLD
Ben Joyce 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0.00 SV
HOME · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Cristian Javier 4.0 5 2 2 1 5 1 87 6.44 L
Bryan King 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 0 16 4.01
Enyel De Los Santos 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 4.14
AJ Blubaugh 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 3.39
Miguel Ullola 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 4.50

Manager comparison

AWAY · LAA
Kurt Suzuki
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 4.5 R IBBs 5.5 R
HOME · HOU
Joe Espada
Lineup 5.5 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 0.7 R

Recent form

AWAY · LAA
4-6 L1 -14 run diff
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HOME · HOU
3-7 L3 -18 run diff
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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.