{"id":9675,"date":"2025-06-21T08:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T08:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/tempers-flare-benches-and-bullpens-empty-in-astros-3-2-win-over-angels\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T08:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T08:19:07","slug":"tempers-flare-benches-and-bullpens-empty-in-astros-3-2-win-over-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/tempers-flare-benches-and-bullpens-empty-in-astros-3-2-win-over-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"Tempers Flare, Benches and Bullpens Empty in Astros’ 3-2 Win Over Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Mauricio Dub\u00f3n<\/a> scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the 10th inning, Jeremy Pe\u00f1a<\/a> and Isaac Paredes<\/a> opened the game with home runs, and the Houston Astros<\/a> beat the Los Angeles Angels<\/a> on Friday night, 3-2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pe\u00f1a led off the 10th with a single that advanced automatic runner Dub\u00f3n to third. Dub\u00f3n scored when Hunter Strickland<\/a>, who hadn\u2019t allowed a run in 14 2\/3 innings of his first 13 appearances with the Angels, threw a pitch behind the back of Paredes.<\/p>\n

Houston closer Josh Hader<\/a> (5-1) retired the side in order in the ninth and Bennett Sousa<\/a> retired three straight batters in the 10th for his second save.<\/p>\n

Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi<\/a> gave up home runs to Pena and Paredes for a 2-0 Astros lead in the held the Astros to four hits, striking out nine and walking none, for the rest of his seven-inning start.<\/p>\n

Jo Adell<\/a> trimmed Houston\u2019s lead to 2-1 in the fourth with a 426-foot homer off Astros starter Hunter Brown<\/a>. Angels rookie Christian Moore<\/a>, a first-round pick out of Tennessee in 2024, tied it 2-2 with his first major league homer to open the seventh.<\/p>\n

Tempers flared in the third when Brown hit Angels shortstop Zach Neto<\/a> in the elbow with a 95-mph sinker. Both benches and bullpens emptied, but no punches were thrown, and order was quickly restored.<\/p>\n

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Astros center fielder Jake Meyers<\/a> raced to the gap in left-center to make a spectacular, full-extension diving catch of Adell\u2019s drive with a runner on first base and one out in the bottom of the eighth to preserve a 2-2 tie.<\/p>\n

The home runs by Pe\u00f1a and Paredes marked the first time in three years the Astros have opened a game with two homers. Jose Altuve<\/a> and Pe\u00f1a last accomplished the feat on July 24, 2022 at Seattle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Astros LHP Brandon Walter<\/a> (0-0, 1.53 ERA) opposes Angels RHP Jose Soriano<\/a> (4-5, 3.54) on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

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