HOUSTON -- Isaac Paredes, who sparked Saturday’s come-from-behind win with a two-run double, delivered the game-winning hit with a two-run double in the eighth inning Sunday afternoon to send the Astros to a 9-7 victory over the Angels and a split of the four-game series at Daikin Park.
With the game tied in the eighth inning and runners at second and third base, Paredes hit a line drive to center field in front of a diving Jo Adell that allowed Cam Smith and Yordan Alvarez to score. Jose Altuve drove Paredes home with a double, and Bryan King closed the door in the ninth.
The Astros, who scored 11 runs to wipe out a six-run deficit Saturday en route to their first win of the season, scored four times in the second inning Sunday, including a two-run single by Christian Vázquez. They spotted Tatsuya Imai a four-run lead in his Major League debut, but he couldn’t hold it.
Imai was tagged for four earned runs in 2 2/3 innings, with three of the runs coming on a bases-clearing double by Jorge Soler in the third inning. Imai was lifted after giving up a game-tying single to Jo Adell, finishing his debut with 74 pitches.
A two-run homer by Zach Neto off Roddery Muñoz put the Angels ahead, 6-4 in the fourth, but the Astros tied it in the fifth on a two-run double by Christian Walker.