It was a much needed breakout performance for the Astros on Thursday night, who returned home with a mostly full starting lineup and dominated the Angels in Houston, jumping out to an early lead that they would never relinquish.
Angels starter Alex Cobb faced a tight strike zone and struggled through his outing. After managing a clean first, things came unglued for him in the second, which started with a laser of a double from Aledmys Díaz. The slow-starting Myles Straw came to the plate next, and delivered in a big way by doing something he does very rarely: hitting a ball to the pull side.