Pujols gave the Angels a 2-1 lead with a two-run shot off an otherwise effective Brett Oberholtzer in the fifth inning, and he made it a two-run game with a solo shot off Josh Fields in the seventh, giving Pujols an American League-leading 23 home runs on the year and 12 this month.
The Astros then tied it off Joe Smith in the eighth, getting an RBI single from Jason Castro and a two-out ground-rule double by Jose Altuve, who missed seven of his previous nine games with a strained right hamstring.