DROPPING CLUES
How Houston Texans training camp is providing big clues into plans at QB
Aug 3, 2023, 11:32 am
How Texans training camp is providing big clues into their plans at QB
Houston Texans training camp is in full swing and we're getting our first look at the QB battle taking place.
Most reports have Davis Mills playing better than CJ Stroud at this early stage of camp, which shouldn't come as a surprise. Mills has so much more experience than Stroud. And what about Case Keenum? If the team wants to go with experience, he has more than all the QBs.
Head coach DeMeco Ryans has said the team is done with the rebuild and looking to win games this year. If we take DeMeco at his word and Mills out plays Stroud throughout the preseason, could Mills be the starter Week 1 against the Ravens?
Plus, the defense is way ahead of the offense right now, which is to be expected this time of year. But should we expect the offense to close the gap as the season gets under way, or will the Texans have to count on the defense to carry the team in 2023?
Be sure to watch the video above as the guys break it all down.
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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.