Jared Walsh shot a one-out single to left field in the bottom of the ninth inning, and Angel Stadium began to stir again, the buzz palpable among a reduced-capacity crowd of 11,122 that sensed another late-game rally brewing.
Justin Upton followed with a 109-mph rocket toward the shortstop hole, and it appeared the Angels, who scored the winning runs in their final at-bat in their first four victories, might erase a two-run deficit.
Then Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman intervened, lunging to his left to snag Upton’s shot and throwing to second to start a rally-killing double play and close out a 4-2 victory over the Angels.