Wade Meckler, Jo Adell Lead Angels' Rout Of Astros

Wade Meckler and Jo Adell keyed a five-run 2nd inning pinch two-run doubles, and Walbert Ureña navigated dense postulation done 5 shutout innings to lead the Angels to a 10-1 victory complete nan Houston Astros connected Tuesday night.

Houston put 2 runners connected successful nan first, 2nd and 5th and loaded nan bases successful nan third, but Ureña (4-4) sounded retired of each jam to little his ERA to 2.44 connected nan play and 1.84 successful 8 starts since early May.

The 22-year-old right-hander gave up 3 hits, struck retired 7 and walked 5 successful his 107-pitch effort, which included a 97-mph fastball to whiff Joey Loperfido pinch nan bases loaded to extremity nan third.

The Angels scored 2 unearned runs disconnected starter Kai-Wei Teng (3-5) successful nan first, 1 erstwhile Nolan Schanuel was deed by a transportation pinch nan bases loaded and nan different connected Oswald Peraza’s RBI grounder.

Backup catcher Sebastián Rivero sparked nan Angels’ second-inning rally pinch a one-out single. Zach Neto was deed by a transportation and Mike Trout ended an 0-for-22 slump pinch a azygous to load nan bases.

Meckler doubled to left-center for 2 runs and a 4-0 lead. Adell doubled to near to make it 6-0, and Peraza’s RBI groundout extended it to 7-0.

The Angels added 3 security runs successful nan eighth connected Trey Mancini’s sacrifice alert and RBI groundouts by Peraza and Denzer Guzman. Relievers Brent Suter, Drew Pomeranz and Kirby Yates covered nan last 4 innings.

Schanuel, who has been slowed by a near ankle injury, exited aft 3 innings because of near calf tightness.

Rivero, who besides singled successful nan 3rd and has 7 hits successful his past 7 at-bats, was removed successful nan 5th because of a near wrist injury.

Jack Kochanowicz to person Tommy John surgery

Angels pitcher Jack Kochanowicz needs Tommy John surgery, nan squad said Tuesday, and nan 25-year-old right-hander is expected to beryllium sidelined done nan 2027 season.

The Angels besides said that 3rd baseman Yoán Moncada will person room connected his balky right-knee. But, nan specifics of nan process and a timetable for nan switch-hitter’s return were not known.

Kochanowicz went 2-5 pinch a 6.19 ERA successful 13 starts this season, striking retired 47 and stepping 36 successful 64 innings.

The hard-throwing sinker-ball master went 2-1 pinch a 3.05 ERA successful his first 7 starts, but was ineffective during his adjacent six starts, going 0-4 pinch an 11.91 ERA, striking retired 17 and stepping 15 successful 22 2/3 innings.

Kochanowicz’s fastball averaged 97 mph and touched 99 mph against nan Dodgers, but he said aft nan crippled that his limb bothered him erstwhile he threw his changeup.

“Honestly, I didn’t deliberation this was successful nan cards,” Kochanowicz said earlier Tuesday’s crippled against Houston. “I really thought it was conscionable a small angry.

“I mean, my velo was fine, nan fastballs, everything was fine. It really was conscionable nan changeup.

“I thought it was conscionable benignant of wide soreness. … I thought I was going to perceive backmost coming that it was each right, but man, it is what it is.”

Manager Kurt Suzuki said nan Angels are “still evaluating” their options for Kochanowicz’s replacement successful nan rotation. Among nan candidates are left-hander Sam Aldegheri and triple-A right-handers Caden Dana and George Klassen.

Moncada, 31, who signed a one-year, $4-million woody pinch nan Angels successful February, was placed connected nan injured database because of right-knee inflammation connected May 22 and transferred to nan 60-day injured database connected Monday.

He deed .189 pinch a .605 OPS, 3 homers and 10 RBIs successful 41 games.