HOUSTON -- Cristian Javier threw six innings of no-hit baseball in his fourth start back from Tommy John surgery, and Carlos Correa snapped a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the seventh to send the Astros to a 2-0 win over the Angels on Friday night at Daikin Park.

The Astros, winners of three games in a row, extended their lead atop the American League West division to three games over the second-place Mariners, who blew a four-run lead and lost the Guardians, 5-4.

Javier showed flashes of his breakout season of 2022, during which he threw six no-hit innings in combined no-hitters in both the regular season and the World Series. He struck out six batters, walked three and got eight of his nine whiffs on his four-seam fastball. Javier was lifted after throwing 85 pitches.

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