<p>ANAHEIM, Calif. — Carlos Correa hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Houston Astros split a short series against the AL West rival Los Angeles Angels with a 4-2 victory Tuesday.</p>
<p>Kyle Tucker and Aledmys Díaz hit back-to-back homers in the second inning for the Astros, who went an impressive 5-1 on their six-game road trip to start the season amid the incessant booing and jeering they’ll hear indefinitely as fans react to their sign-stealing scandal in the 2017 and 2018 seasons.</p>
<p>After starting pitchers Zack Greinke and Dylan Bundy traded strong innings early, Yordan Álvarez singled in the ninth off new Angels closer Raisel Iglesias (1-1).</p>
<p>Correa then drove a liner off the low video board above the right field wall at Angel Stadium for his first homer of the season.</p>
<p>Mike Trout hit a 464-foot homer in the first inning and Shohei Ohtani had two hits, but the Angels dropped to 4-2 and failed to match the best six-game start in franchise history.</p>
<p>Ryan Pressly (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings for Houston, getting Justin Upton to ground into a game-ending double play.</p>
<p>Angels fans again serenaded the Astros’ veterans with choruses of boos, showing most baseball fans’ anger over Houston’s sign-stealing scandal in 2017 and 2018. Although nobody threw a trash can onto the Angel Stadium field as they did twice Monday night in the series opener, the day crowd included a fan in <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mlb-baseball-los-angeles-los-angeles-angels-houston-astros-39a9b49e0c4f06eb820d47bd196624d4">a full-size Oscar the Grouch costume</a>.</p>
<p>Greinke followed up his six scoreless innings on opening day with seven strong innings of five-hit ball for the Astros.</p>
<p>He dueled to a stalemate with Angels opening day starter Bundy, who struck out 10 over six innings of four-hit ball in another strong outing.</p>
<p>Trout homered in both games against Houston, and his lengthy shot to left in the first inning scored Ohtani. The three-time AL MVP’s homer was traveling 113.2 mph off the bat.</p>
<p>The Astros answered with consecutive homers by Tucker and Díaz off Bundy, who allowed no other hits while racking up nine strikeouts over his first five innings.</p>
<p>Both starting pitchers controlled the middle innings, and Bundy struck out Tucker with his final pitch to strand two Astros in scoring position in the sixth.</p>
<p>TRAINER’S ROOM</p>
<p>Astros: OF Michael Brantley might have been available to pinch-run or to play defense, manager Dusty Baker said. Houston is hoping he’ll return from his right wrist injury for its home opener Thursday.</p>
<p>Angels: Anaheim native José Rojas made his first major league start, filling in at third base in place of Anthony Rendon, who got a rest day. Rojas went 0 for 2, but reached base for the first time on a seventh-inning walk, Greinke’s first of the season.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Astros: They’ll face far fewer boos Thursday in their home opener when Cristian Javier (0-0, 4.91 ERA) faces Oakland.</p>
<p>Angels: Griffin Canning will make his season debut Thursday in Dunedin, Florida, when the Halos open a four-game series with the displaced Toronto Blue Jays. Canning’s first start was pushed back from Tuesday when he had to warm up in the bullpen last Sunday during a close game with Chicago.</p>
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