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It sure looks like Yuli Gurriel just tipped his hand on his future with Astros
Jan 19, 2023, 4:46 pm
It sure looks like Yuli Gurriel just tipped his hand on his future with Astros
With the start of spring training just around the corner, Yuli Gurriel is still sitting on the free agent market looking for a team to join. The Houston Astros added slugger Jose Abreu at the start of free agency to take Yuli's spot at first base. But many fans have been wondering if Yuli would join the Astros in a utility role for the upcoming season.
According to recent reports, Gurriel has met with the Miami Marlins twice, and it appears he unfollowed the Astros on Instagram and started following the Marlins.
Is this a sign that Yuli's days with the Astros have come to an end?
Plus, if the Astros don't bring back Yuli, how should they allocate their money moving forward?
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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.