Gattis’ two homers power Astros past Angels

HOUSTON — Evan Gattis homered twice, Carlos Correa added another and the Astros beat the division-rival Angels once again, torching Jered Weaver through the first four innings en route to a 7-2 victory at Minute Maid Park on Saturday night.

The Astros have won 10 consecutive games against the Angels and are a Major League-best 36-16 since May 23.

Gattis put the Astros on the board with two outs in the second, extending his arms on an outside-corner, 79-mph curveball and lofting it over the left-field scoreboard for a three-run homer. Gattis launched his 15th home run of the year to lead off the fourth, socking a 74-mph, down-the-middle changeup a projected distance of 420 feet, according to Statcast™.

Correa then lined a home run to right, his 15th, off long reliever Jhoulys Chacin to lead off the fifth, providing Astros starter Collin McHugh with more than enough cushion. McHugh gave up two runs in six innings, scattering six hits, walking none and striking out six.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDGnome runs: On the same day the Astros handed out 10,000 Gattis gnomes to fans, the veteran catcher had his best day of the season at the plate. Saturday was Gattis’ first game back after missing Friday’s contest with a left hand contusion, but you certainly couldn’t tell anything had been wrong. It was Gattis’ first multi-homer game of the season, the sixth of his career and third with the …

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