The Astros beat the Yankees, 5-3. Composite image by Jack Brame.
Carlos Correa hit a tiebreaking single through a drawn-in infield off struggling reliever Devin Williams in the 10th inning, and the Houston Astros outlasted the New York Yankees 5-3 on Friday night.
Taylor Trammell added a two-run homer off Williams to make it 5-2.
New York lost for the sixth time in seven games and dropped to 3-8 in extra innings.
After closer Josh Hader (6-2) breezed through Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the ninth, the Astros needed four pitches to regain the lead.
Automatic runner Jose Altuve went to third when Williams threw his first pitch to the backstop. After the Yankees pulled their infield in, Correa lined a changeup to center field.
Williams (3-5) got two outs before Trammell drove an 0-1 changeup into the right-field seats. Williams has allowed four homers in his last eight appearances.
Correa’s hit helped the AL West leaders win for the third time in four games and 10th time in 26 games.
Altuve hit a two-run homer three batters in off rookie Cam Schlittler to give the Astros a 2-0 lead.
Houston starter Hunter Brown yielded two runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings. He took a one-hitter into the sixth and retired 14 straight batters before Ryan McMahon walked to set up New York’s rally.
Ben Rice hit an RBI double and Judge delivered a tying single to knock out Brown.
Schlittler permitted two runs and seven hits in five innings. He struck out three, walked one and threw a career-high 97 pitches.
Key moment
Hader allowed an RBI single to Anthony Volpe with one out in the 10th, then retired pinch-hitter Paul Goldschmidt in a 10-pitch at-bat. The left-hander walked pinch-hitter Giancarlo Stanton before getting Trent Grisham with two on to end it.
Key stats
Williams has allowed nine runs in his past five appearances. He has given up 28 earned runs this year, two more than 2022-24 combined.
Up next
Houston LHP Framber Valdez (11-5, 2.83 ERA) opposes New York RHP Luis Gil (0-1, 13.50) on Saturday afternoon.
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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.