August 19, 2026 · AL West
Los Angeles Angels vs Houston Astros
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Game Highlights
Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| B3 | Christian Vázquez | Christian Vázquez homers (7) on a fly ball to left field. | LAA 0, HOU 1 |
| T4 | Denzer Guzman | Denzer Guzman doubles (6) to left field, on fan interference. Vaughn Grissom scores. Josh Lowe scores. | LAA 2, HOU 1 |
| B4 | Jose Altuve | Jose Altuve doubles (16) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Wade Meckler. Yordan Alvarez scores. Isaac Paredes to 3rd. | LAA 2, HOU 2 |
| B4 | Cam Smith | Cam Smith out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Mike Trout. Isaac Paredes scores. | LAA 2, HOU 3 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| HOU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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
2
Walbert Ureña started for Angels, leaving trailing 2–3.
workload · innings pitched
-
Walbert Ureña
Starter
5.0
94
3
7
L
Pitch-by-pitch: what Walbert Ureña threw
CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 50% 4.7 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Changeup 40 43% 6 6 11 12 5 Sinker 27 29% 2 5 5 11 4 Sweeper 15 16% 3 0 3 7 2 Four-Seam Fastball 12 13% 2 1 3 6 0 - Michael Fulmer Middle 1.0 22 0 3
- Tayler Saucedo Setup 1.1 25 0 2
- Luke Murphy Middle 0.2 6 0 0
Astros
HOME
3
Ethan Pecko started for Astros, leaving trailing 1–2.
workload · innings pitched
-
Ethan Pecko
Starter
3.2
89
2
4
Pitch-by-pitch: what Ethan Pecko threw
CSW 21% 1st-pitch strike 39% 4.9 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 28 31% 3 1 5 15 4 Sinker 27 30% 4 6 9 6 2 Curveball 10 11% 1 1 1 5 2 Sweeper 9 10% 1 0 2 5 1 Cutter 8 9% 1 1 2 4 0 Changeup 7 8% 0 0 1 5 1 - Bennett Sousa Setup 1.1 18 0 1 W inherited 1, stranded 1
- AJ Blubaugh Middle 1.0 12 0 2 HLD
- Steven Okert Setup 1.0 20 0 2 HLD
- Bryan Abreu Middle 1.0 14 0 2 HLD
- Josh Hader Closer 1.0 19 0 0 SV
Where the game turned
1 run
- Smith SF (1)
Batting lines
AWAY · LAA
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Siri LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .257 | .309 | .464 | .773 | |
| Mike Trout CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .240 | .382 | .437 | .819 | |
| Nolan Schanuel 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 | .354 | .389 | .743 | |
| Zach Neto SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .308 | .409 | .717 | SB |
| Moisés Ballesteros C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .204 | .278 | .320 | .598 | |
| Vaughn Grissom DH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .244 | .304 | .371 | .675 | |
| Denzer Guzman 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .233 | .277 | .350 | .627 | 2B |
| Oswald Peraza 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .226 | .276 | .347 | .623 | |
| Wade Meckler LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .353 | .379 | .732 | |
| Josh Lowe RF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .268 | .365 | .633 | |
| Travis d'Arnaud PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .291 | .271 | .562 |
HOME · HOU
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Allen SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .252 | .294 | .339 | .633 | |
| Yordan Alvarez DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .317 | .430 | .610 | 1.040 | |
| Isaac Paredes 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .260 | .354 | .421 | .775 | |
| Jose Altuve 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .246 | .310 | .397 | .707 | 2B |
| Cam Smith RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .290 | .400 | .690 | |
| Christian Walker 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .230 | .308 | .440 | .748 | |
| Taylor Trammell LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .215 | .304 | .387 | .691 | |
| Christian Vázquez C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .219 | .276 | .352 | .628 | HR (7) |
| Jeremy Peña SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .283 | .338 | .469 | .807 | |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .226 | .350 | .345 | .695 |
Pitching lines
AWAY · LAA
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walbert Ureña | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 94 | 2.80 | L |
| Michael Fulmer | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0.00 | |
| Tayler Saucedo | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5.79 | |
| Luke Murphy | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.08 |
HOME · HOU
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Pecko | 3.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 4.91 | |
| Bennett Sousa | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3.52 | W |
| AJ Blubaugh | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3.35 | HLD |
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2.01 | HLD |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4.30 | HLD |
| Josh Hader | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.87 | SV |
Manager comparison
AWAY · LAA
Lineup 3.0 R
Bunts 4.5 R
IBBs 5.5 R
HOME · HOU
Lineup 5.5 R
Bunts 2.3 R
IBBs 0.7 R
Recent form
AWAY · LAA
4-6
L1
-14 run diff
LWLWLWWLLL
HOME · HOU
3-7
L3
-18 run diff
LLLWLWLLLW
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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.