ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Houston Astros saw a completely different Jered Weaver than the one they faced 6 1/2 weeks ago at Minute Maid Park, when they hit four home runs off him. The Los Angeles Angels ace pitched a two-hitter Wednesday night in the rematch, posting his first complete game in nearly two years, and Albert Pujols hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth to lead the Halos to a 2-1 victory. "Those guys roughed me up a little bit at their place, so I wanted to come in here and have a good game and keep us in it as much as possible," Weaver said. "Their guy was throwing a good game, too. So it was nice to come out on top." Weaver (5-3) threw 94 pitches while going the distance for the 12th time in 241 career starts and first time since Aug. 6, 2012, when he beat the Athletics 4-0 with a four-hitter at Oakland. "It was definitely exciting to run out there for the ninth and hear the fans," Weaver said. "Thats what you pitch for -- to go deep into games and finish it off." Weaver struck out five, walked one and retired 17 of his last 19 batters -- including 10 straight after giving up a leadoff homer to George Springer in the fourth. The three-time All-Star is 5-1 with a 1.70 ERA over his last seven starts. Weaver hit Springer with a pitch with one out in the ninth, then picked him off after getting a sign from manager Mike Scioscia in the dugout. He got the final out by retiring Dexter Fowler on a popup to third base. "In that situation, Im not really worried about baserunners. But Scioscia called a great pickoff there," Weaver said. "Usually when I look over, I can see a little bit of the runner. But when I looked over before that pick, I couldnt see him. So I figured he was off the bag pretty good. I just made a good quick move, and that definitely took a lot of pressure off." Weaver threw a called third strike to Jason Castro in the fourth for his 1,281st career strikeout, overtaking Mike Witt on the Angels career list behind Nolan Ryan and Chuck Finley. "I didnt even know that I was coming up on any milestone like that at all," Weaver said. "I think I threw strikeouts out the door maybe two years ago. I mean, its great when youre young and you just want to go out there and try to strike everybody out. But then you realize that getting early outs is just as important and it helps you get deeper in games." Collin McHugh (2-3) lost his third straight decision over four starts despite allowing just two runs and four hits in seven innings. The right-hander struck out seven and walked two. Erick Aybar drove in the Angels other run with a third-inning single. "You know coming into it that Weavers arguably one of if not the best pitchers in this league," McHugh said. "So you know that youre not going to be able to give up a lot and that its going to be a dogfight." Pujols who homered twice on Sunday against Tampa Bay ace David Price, drove a 2-1 pitch into the top tier of the double-decker bullpen in left field for his 13th homer this season and 505th of his career to surpass Eddie Murray for 25th place on the career list. On hand to see it was Air Force staff sergeant Tom Sherrill of Pomona, California, who came up with Pujols 500th home run ball on April 22 at Nationals Park in Washington. "What I did two or three weeks ago, I put that in the past. Ive flipped the page," Pujols said. "My goal is to try to concentrate on whats in front of me and help this organization win. I dont get caught up too much in numbers." NOTES: The jockey and trainer for Triple Crown hopeful California Chrome -- Victor Espinoza and Art Sherman -- each threw out a ceremonial first pitch. ... 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Instead of finishing, they faded before Tom Brady and New Englands rally.I think Im going to go lock myself in my room for about two weeks. This one hurt because we had it, Seattle linebacker Bruce Irvin said. We had it.Staked to a 10-point lead at the start of the fourth quarter, the best defence in the NFL could not deliver a second straight Super Bowl title for the Seahawks.One of the things we take great pride in is playing until the finish. We had the lead and for them to come back on us, thats hard to accept, Seattle defensive co-ordinator Dan Quinn said. I have to tip my hat to them and the execution they had at the end.All the attention will be placed on the decision to have Russell Wilson throw from the 1-yard line in the closing seconds, resulting in Malcolm Butlers clinching interception for New England.But that moment became possible because Brady put together two lengthy fourth-quarter touchdown drives against a Seattle defence that late in the regular season didnt allow a fourth-quarter point in six straight games.Seattle had the best pass defence, best total defence and best scoring defence in the NFL. The Seahawks had allowed less than 10 points per game during their eight-game win streak entering the Super Bowl.Failing in the fourth quarter was a crushing turn for a unit that had been praised for being the best of this era of the NFL. All-Pro safety Earl Thomas sat silent at his locker for more than 10 minutes in an oddly quiet locker room.New England was just the fifth team in the past three seasons — a span of 56 games — to score at least 14 points in the fourth quarter against Seattle.ddddddddddddWeve got to be fundamentally sound. Were a very good fundamentally sound team but when youre not fundamentally sound things happen, Kam Chancellor said. Things happen and a great quarterback like Tom Brady, hell find it. Hell definitely find it. Weve got to be fundamentally sound.This wasnt the elite Seattle defence of late in the season on Sunday. Thomas and Sherman both played with injuries suffered in the NFC championship game. Chancellor injured his knee in practice on Friday and had to go through a pregame workout just to be cleared.Then the Seahawks suffered two major losses during the game. Nickel cornerback Jeremy Lane broke his wrist after intercepting Brady in the first quarter, causing a shift in the secondary. Backup cornerback Tharold Simon was suddenly thrust into action and struggled.Defensive end Cliff Avril suffered a concussion in the second half and Seattles pass rush was unable to get at Brady in the fourth quarter. Brady was 13 for 15 passing in the final quarter and the Patriots had 123 yards of offence.Those were two big injuries to core guys for us, but we ran the same plays, Sherman said. We executed, even though some mistakes were made at the end. When you lose two starters its going to be tough for your defence.The Seahawks fell to 2-6 over the past two seasons when allowing 24 or more points. Five of their six losses this season, including Sunday night, came when giving up 24 or more.The question afterward was whether Seattle could use this loss the same way it used its 2012 playoff loss to Atlanta, which was the catalyst for the Seahawks title a year ago.Bobby Wagner wasnt interested.I would rather learn from winning than learn from losing, he said.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '