Mike Trout homers to kick off what he hopes will be a healthy 2026 as Angels blank Astros 30 Thu, March 26, 2026 at 11:31 PM UTC 0 1 / 0Angels Astros BaseballLos Angeles Angels' Mike Trout hits a home run against the Houston Astros during the seventh inning of an openingday baseball game Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) () HOUSTON (AP) — Mike Trout homered to launch what he hopes will be a bounceback year, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a seasonopening 30 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday.
Mike Trout homers to kick off what he hopes will be a healthy 2026 as Angels blank Astros 3-0
Thu, March 26, 2026 at 11:31 PM UTC
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1 / 0Angels Astros BaseballLos Angeles Angels' Mike Trout hits a home run against the Houston Astros during the seventh inning of an opening-day baseball game Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) ()
HOUSTON (AP) — Mike Trout homered to launch what he hopes will be a bounce-back year, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a season-opening 3-0 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday.
Trout also walked three times and played center field for the first time since April 2024. The three-time MVP played 130 games last season, his most since 2019 because of various injuries.
Making his franchise-record 14th opening day start, the 34-year-old Trout broke a scoreless tie in the seventh inning when he sent a 96 mph fastball from reliever AJ Blubaugh (0-1) 403 feet onto the train tracks in left-center. It was his fifth opening day homer, also a club record.
The Angels snapped an eight-game road losing streak in season openers, starting 1-0 on the road for the first time since 2013.
Oswald Peraza hit an RBI single in the eighth and Nolan Schanuel homered in the ninth.
José Soriano (1-0) allowed two hits and four walks in six innings while striking out seven. Four relievers completed the three-hitter, with Jordan Romano working the ninth to earn the save in his Angels debut.
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Hunter Brown started for Houston and allowed four hits and four walks in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out nine.
The Astros went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position while stranding nine runners.
Houston designated hitter Yordan Alvarez may have been robbed of a home run in the first inning because the retractable roof at Daikin Park was closed. Alvarez hit a towering shot toward the right field foul pole, but it ricocheted off a horizontal rafter and landed in foul territory.
It was ruled a foul ball. The Astros challenged, and the call was upheld after a review. Alvarez later struck out swinging.
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The teams resume the four-game series on Friday, with lefty Yusei Kikuchi starting for Los Angeles opposite right-hander Mike Burrows.
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