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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Angels 6, Houston 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, May 9, 2013
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Adrian Johnson, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Bill Welke
Attendance: 13003
Angels 6, Astros 5: Alberto Callaspo had two RBIs, including the tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, as visiting Los Angeles defeated Houston to snap a four-game losing streak.

Mark Trumbo tied the contest with a two-run double earlier in the eighth off Hector Ambriz (0-2) before Albert Pujols scored from third on Callaspo’s deep fly, a drive that was snagged by Astros center fielder Brandon Barnes in a sliding manner on the warning track.

Ernesto Frieri recorded the final five outs for his fifth save. Garrett Richards (2-3) picked up the victory.

Matt Dominguez drove in three runs for Houston and his two-run single in the sixth gave the Astros a 5-3 lead. Jose Altuve went 3-for-5, while Barnes and Chris Carter had run-scoring singles.

Josh Hamilton and Brendan Harris hit solo homers for the Angels. Los Angeles starter Jason Vargas allowed five runs and 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings and Houston counterpart Lucas Harrell issued six walks while giving up two runs (one earned) and four hits in five innings.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Los Angeles protested the game in the seventh inning when the umpires allowed Astros reliever Wesley Wright to be removed from the game without throwing a pitch. … Angels SS Erick Aybar left in the fourth inning with a hamstring injury. … Houston released OF Rick Ankiel, who was designated for assignment earlier in the week.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   Houston
Jason Vargas Player Lucas Harrell
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.2 IP 5.0
7 Strikeouts 1
10 Hits 4
7.94 ERA 1.80
Hitting
LA Angels   Houston
Brendan Harris Player Jose Altuve
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
5 TB 3
.667 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Angels 8 2 16 .222 27 7 6 11 0 0
Houston 13 0 15 .382 14 10 5 3 3 3