Bullpen shows signs of wear against Angels

HOUSTON — Astros manager A.J. Hinch said the game played out exactly like he hoped it would. Starter Brad Peacock gave the Astros five solid innings to get the ball to Chris Devenski, who’s been about as dominant as any relief pitcher in the American League.

But for the second night in a row, a bullpen that has endured an increased workload — with a pitching rotation that’s without two of its best arms in Dallas Keuchel and Lance McCullers — had a late meltdown in Saturday night’s 10-4 loss to the Angels at Minute Maid Park.

Devenski, who hadn’t allowed a run in 11 outings, gave up three runs in the seventh to allow the Angels to tie the game, and Luke Gregerson allowed the go-ahead run when Mike Trout scored on a sac fly just after advancing to third on a wild pitch. It got worse from there. The Angels tacked on five more runs in the ninth.

“It’s tough,” Devenski said. “I’m going to keep it short: I didn’t go out there and do my job. We didn’t pull off the ‘W’ but there’s always tomorrow.”

The Astros, who have lost the first three games of the series to the Angels, are running out of …

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