Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa recorded three-hit games as the Houston Astros roughed up Los Angeles Angels ace right-hander Shohei Ohtani in their 10-5 home victory on Friday.
The Astros saddled Ohtani (9-2), the American League Most Valuable Player front-runner, with his first loss since May 28, a span of 13 starts and eight consecutive winning decisions. They erased a two-run deficit by plating three runs in the third inning before chasing Ohtani with a six-run fourth that featured 11 batters coming to the plate.
Bregman, Yordan Alvarez and Correa produced run-scoring, two-out hits in the third to push the Astros to a 3-2 lead. When Ohtani retook the mound in the fourth, he had a one-run advantage that vanished in the span of four batters, with Altuve plating Aledmys Diaz with an RBI single.
With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.