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How Carlos Correa's return provides candid reflection of Astros savvy past, tricky future
Aug 24, 2022, 1:24 pm
Carlos Correa's return provides candid reflection of Astros savvy past, tricky future
With Carlos Correa making his return to Houston, we examine the Astros decision to roll with a less expensive shortstop in Jeremy Pena, and discuss how that decision looks now.
Plus, we examine how Correa's stats this season would make him the 5TH-BEST hitter on the Astros, which means Houston would have had to overpay substantially to keep him in H-Town. Which could limit the team's ability to re-sign Verlander next year.
Finally, we address Pena's recent struggles, and if the Astros can fade both Pena and Martin Maldonado's offensive struggles in 2023.
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Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.