Houston Texans agree to deal with former Cowboys wide receiver

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Houston Texans agree to deal with former Cowboys wide receiver
The Texans are signing Noah Brown. Photo via: Wiki Commons.

The Houston Texans continue to make small moves in free agency to add to the overall depth of the team.

After trading for guard Shaq Mason on Tuesday, the Texans agreed to sign 27-year-old big-bodied receiver Noah Brown. Details of the deal are still unavailable.

At 6'2 and 225 pounds, Brown gives the Texans some size in their receiving corps to go along with Robert Woods, Nico Collins, Amari Rodgers and John Metchie III. Of course, Brandin Cooks is still on the roster, but a trade seems likely before the start of the season.

Brown had a nice year for the Cowboys in 2022, with 555 receiving yards and 3 TDs. Hopefully he can build on his career-season, as Brown has only recorded one season with over 185 receiving yards in his five-year career.

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The Astros beat the Angels, 3-2. Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images.

Mauricio Dubón scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the 10th inning, Jeremy Peña and Isaac Paredes opened the game with home runs, and the Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Friday night.

Peña led off the 10th with a single that advanced automatic runner Dubón to third. Dubón scored when Hunter Strickland, who hadn’t allowed a run in 14 2/3 innings of his first 13 appearances with the Angels, threw a pitch behind the back of Paredes.

Houston closer Josh Hader (5-1) retired the side in order in the ninth and Bennett Sousa retired three straight batters in the 10th for his second save.

Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi gave up home runs to Pena and Paredes for a 2-0 Astros lead in the held the Astros to four hits, striking out nine and walking none, for the rest of his seven-inning start.

Jo Adell trimmed Houston’s lead to 2-1 in the fourth with a 426-foot homer off Astros starter Hunter Brown. Angels rookie Christian Moore, a first-round pick out of Tennessee in 2024, tied it 2-2 with his first major league homer to open the seventh.

Tempers flared in the third when Brown hit Angels shortstop Zach Neto in the elbow with a 95-mph sinker. Both benches and bullpens emptied, but no punches were thrown, and order was quickly restored.

Key Moment

Astros center fielder Jake Meyers raced to the gap in left-center to make a spectacular, full-extension diving catch of Adell’s drive with a runner on first base and one out in the bottom of the eighth to preserve a 2-2 tie.

Key Stat

The home runs by Peña and Paredes marked the first time in three years the Astros have opened a game with two homers. Jose Altuve and Peña last accomplished the feat on July 24, 2022 at Seattle.

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Astros LHP Brandon Walter (0-0, 1.53 ERA) opposes Angels RHP José Soriano (4-5, 3.54) on Saturday night.

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