HOUSTON — Everything good that happened during the Angels’ 3-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday seemed much less significant in an instant.

The entire direction of the day changed the moment that Taylor Ward crashed into the left-field fence at Daikin Park, suffering injuries that resulted in him being carted off the field and into an ambulance.

There was no immediate word on Ward’s condition.

The right side of his head hit the metal out-of-town scoreboard, which contains a grid of small windows with hanging numbers. He was bleeding enough that as soon as he got up he walked toward to the Angels bullpen for a towel to put on his face.

It was reminiscent of 2023, when Ward was hit in the face by a fastball in Toronto, suffering injuries that cost him the final two months of t

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