ASTROS LEAD THE SERIES 3-0
Houston Astros blank the Yankees winning, 5-0
Oct 22, 2022, 7:53 pm
Christian Vazquez came through for Houston. Photo by Elsa/Getty Images.
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After a scoreless first inning for Gerrit Cole and Cristian Javier, the Astros stuck first, getting some runs on the board in the top of the second. With two outs in the inning, Christian Vazquez hit a fly ball to center field that was dropped by Harrison Bader. Chas McCormick stepped into the box and hit a home run down the right field line, giving the Astros a 2-0 lead.
You just love to see it. pic.twitter.com/bMyYmp9cUs
— Houston Astros (@astros) October 22, 2022
Jose Altuve then grounded out to short, ending the inning. Dusty Baker lost a challenge thinking that Altuve beat out the throw. The bats for both clubs were quiet again until the top of the sixth, when Alex Bregman ripped a double to left field off Gerrit Cole. Next Kyle Tucker would walk and Yuli Gurriel hit a bloop single to right field loading the bases. Trey Mancini was next up facing Lou Trivino with Gerrit Cole being pulled. Mancini hit a sac fly to left, scoring Bregman and advancing all the runners. Christian Vazquez would be the next Astro up, and he ripped a single to left center, clearing the bases.
THIS train keeps rolling. pic.twitter.com/xOYlI0FMT4
— Houston Astros (@astros) October 22, 2022
After a couple of ground outs from McCormick and Altuve, the Astros would head to the bottom of the sixth up, 5-0.
Cristian Javier started off the inning getting a ground ball for the first out. Anthony Rizzo then walked after hitting a long foul ball to right. This prompted Dusty Baker to pull Javier for Hector Neris to face Aaron Judge. Judge struck out on a splitter, and Giancarlo Stanton grounded out to end the inning.
The game would remain 5-0 heading to the bottom of the ninth with Bryan Abreu coming in to close it out. After surrendering a couple of hits, Abreu would finish off the shutout.
Astros 5, Yankees 0
Up next: Lance McCullers pitches Game 4 for Houston on Sunday.
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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.