Astros right-hander Mike Fiers pitched five innings, allowing three runs on four hits while walking four and striking out one. With Mike Trout out of the lineup for a second straight day due to left hamstring tightness, Yunel Escobar inflicted most of the Angels' damage against Fiers, launching a pair of solo home runs to mark his second career multi-homer game.
Escobar led off the bottom of the first by hammering a first-pitch fastball to left-center field for his third home run of the season and his 10th career leadoff blast. He took Fiers deep again in the fifth, crushing a 3-2 cutter to center that reduced the Astros' lead to 4-3.