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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Xavier Edwards went 4 for 5 with a double, Graham Pauley and Heriberto Hernández each hit a solo homer and the Miami Marlins beat Houston 6-4 on Wednesday to snap a seven-game losing streak against the Astros.
Janson Junk (6-2) allowed three runs on five hits with two walks and two strikeouts in five innings. The Marlins are 8-2 in Junk’s 10 starts since joining the rotation June 20.
Lake Bachar pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.
Liam Hicks, Otto Lopez and Hernández each hit an RBI single off Astros starter Spencer Arrighetti (1-2) in the first to make it 3-2, and the Marlins led the rest of the way.
Edwards doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Agustín Ramírez in the second. Hernandez’s homer in the third made it 5-2.
Christian Walker hit a two-run homer in the first inning for Houston. Mauricio Dubón doubled and scored when Carlos Correa followed with another double in the fifth. Victor Caratini added an RBI double in the sixth.
Pauley hit a solo shot to make it 6-3 in the fifth.
Key moment
Pinch-hitter Jeremy Peña singled to load the bases with one out in the Houston eighth, but Calvin Faucher got Cam Smith to ground into a forceout at home and Dubón to pop out to end the threat and preserve Miami’s 6-4 lead.
Key stat
Since June 13, the Marlins (56-57) are 31-16 and have gone 11-3-1 in series play.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (9-5, 2.47 ERA) starts Friday night at Yankee Stadium against rookie Cam Schlittler (1-2, 4.58).
Marlins RHP Eury Pérez (4-3, 2.70 ERA) is scheduled to pitch Thursday against Atlanta. The Braves hadn’t announced a starter yet.