HOUSTON -- José Soriano continued his road success this season with a dominant outing against the Astros on Sunday at Daikin Park.
Soriano struck out eight and yielded one hit over seven scoreless innings in a 3-0 win over Houston for the Angels' second straight win, the first time that Los Angeles has won consecutive games since winning three straight over the Dodgers from Aug. 11-13.
It was Soriano’s ninth outing this season allowing no earned runs and second straight after throwing 5 2/3 scoreless innings at the Rangers on Aug. 25. Soriano improved to 8-2 with a 2.47 ERA on the road this season.
After allowing the first two baserunners to reach on a walk and single, Soriano retired 16 of the next 17 batters he faced, including 11 straight at one point -- walking three batters in