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Though Tatsuya Imai made more than 100 starts in eight seasons playing professionally in Japan, he admitted to having a case of the jitters Sunday in his major league debut for the Houston Astros.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Isaac Paredes hit a tiebreaking two-RBI double with two outs in the eighth inning to help the Houston Astros to a 9-7 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday despite a disappointing major league debut from starter Tatsuya Imai.
Walbert Urena should've been out of the inning. One look at the box score tells that story for the Los Angeles Angels' right-handed relief pitcher. He didn't give up any earned runs on Saturday night against the Houston Astros.
The Chicago Cubs host the Los Angeles Angels at Wrigley Field on Monday, beginning their second series of the MLB regular season.
The Los Angeles Angels have released right-handed pitcher Hunter Strickland and utilityman Chris Taylor from their minor league contracts.
It was the Angels who helped make sure the Astros didn’t reach the playoffs for the first time in eight seasons last September when they rallied from three runs down to beat Houston in the third-from-last game of the regular season.
A local product is coming home. The Orioles agreed to a trade with the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday to acquire left-handed reliever Jayvien Sandridge, a native of Hagerstown, Maryland, who the Orioles originally drafted out of Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania with their 32nd-round pick in 2018.
Grissom (wrist) has been participating in batting practice and taking groundballs at the Angels' complex in Arizona, per MLB.com. Grissom landed on the IL on March 24 (retroactive to March 22) due to a left wrist sprain.