How Astros' Yainer Diaz has clobbered his way into rare air
IMPRESSIVE!
06 September 2023
IMPRESSIVE!
Yainer Diaz would be a legitimate ROY candidate if he was getting regular playing time. He's tied Lance Berkman for HRs as an Astros rookie.
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Yainer Diaz run-scoring singles in consecutive innings, rookie Ryan Gusto matched a season high with six strikeouts and the Houston Astros beat the Detroit Tigers 6-4 on Tuesday night.
The Astros scored three runs in the sixth and seventh innings — all with two outs — for a 6-2 lead.
Diaz hit a two-run single that bounced just in front of center fielder Riley Greene, giving Houston its first lead at 3-2 in the sixth. He singled in Isaac Paredes in the seventh.
Yainer gives us the lead!! pic.twitter.com/M1kEy7zD41
— Houston Astros (@astros) April 30, 2025
Yordan Alvarez had an RBI single on a bouncer up the middle in the seventh for a 4-2 lead. Alvarez scored from first when Isaac Paredes hit a shot off the base of the wall in left for his third career triple.
ISAAC TRIPLES HIM HOME!
5-2 Astros! pic.twitter.com/c59ILmMk0M
— Houston Astros (@astros) April 30, 2025
Gleyber Torres hit a two-run homer in the ninth to get Detroit within two runs. He was 3 for 5 with three RBIs.
Josh Hader struck out Zach McKinstry to end the game as Houston won for the eighth time in its last nine home games.
Bennett Sousa (1-0) struck out the final two Detroit batters in the fifth, stranding runners at second and third. He had three strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings.
Gusto allowed four hits and two earned runs in 4 1/3 innings.
Jose Altuve hit second in the Astros lineup for the second straight game and went 0 for 4.
The Astros did not have a runner in scoring position until there were two outs in the sixth. Then, Christian Walker hit a shot off the wall in left for an RBI double that pulled the Astros within 2-1 and chased starter Reese Olson (3-2).
Houston shortstop Jeremy Peña has hit safely in 18 of his last 19 games.
Detroit RHP Jackson Jobe (2-0, 2.70 ERA) will start the final game of the series on Wednesday. Houston has not announced a starter.