Astros drop game three of series
Astros daily report: Rays 3, Astros 1
Mar 30, 2019, 7:50 pm
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A quick recap of Saturday's Astros game against the Rays:
Final Score: Rays 3, Astros 1
Record: 1-2, third in the AL West.
Winning pitcher: Tyler Glasnow (1-0).
Losing pitcher: Collin McHugh (0-1).
Star of the game: Collin McHugh made it two straight nights where a starter did a great job but didn't have the offense behind them to earn a win. McHugh was only able to go five innings, but his pitches had great movement to them, allowing him to rack up nine strikeouts to go with his two earned runs on just three hits and one walk.
Notes: Alex Bregman put Houston on the board early with a solo home run in the top of the first, giving Collin McHugh a lead to work with when he took the mound for his return to the starting rotation. He looked fantastic through the first four innings, allowing just one baserunner on a walk in the bottom of the fourth, then faltered in the fifth to let the Rays take a 2-1 lead. Will Harris made his 2019 debut with a scoreless sixth, as did Chris Devenski who threw a hitless seventh before returning in the eighth to allow a run on three hits to extend the Rays lead to 3-1. The Astros managed to load the bases with two outs in the eighth, but couldn't convert, and came up empty in the ninth as well. The Astros fall to 1-2 on the season.
Up next: The Astros will wrap up the season-opening series with the Rays tomorrow afternoon at 12:10 PM. We'll get our first look at Wade Miley on the mound for Houston, while Tampa Bay is expected to go to their tactic of having a bullpen day every few days.
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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.