Jacob Martin is returning to Houston. Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images
Jacob Martin gets going while Duke gets loose
The Houston Texans have sparked a lot of excitement this offseason with an impressive draft and by signing some quality players in free agency.
Apparently, the Texans are not done making moves. According to multiple reports, the team is signing former Texan and pass rusher Jacob Martin to a 1-year deal.
Reunion: The #Texans are signing pass-rusher Jacob Martin to a 1-year deal, source said. He played on the edge for Houston from 2019-2021 before landing with the #Jets and #Broncos last year.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 19, 2023
Martin, now 27 years old, played for Houston from 2019-2021and had his best season with the team in 2021 when he recorded 4 sacks, 5 TFL, 6 QB hits, and one safety.
Martin played for both the Jets and Broncos in 2022 with 2.5 sacks in 13 games.
Martin joins fellow defensive ends Jerry Hughes, Jonathan Greenard, Demone Harris, Chase Winovich, Derek Rivers, Adedayo Odeleye, Ali Gaye, Dylan Horton, and Will Anderson on the Texans roster.
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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.