ALCS at MINUTE MAID
It all comes down to this: Astros vs. Yankees in Game 7
SportsMap staff
Oct 13, 2017, 5:00 am
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The Astros and Yankees play Game 7 of the ALCS today. Here is a preview of the game. Check back during the game for inning by inning updates:
When: 7:08 p.m.
Where: Minute Maid Park.
TV: Fox Sports1.
Streaming: Fox Sports Go.
Pitching matchup: Charlie Morton vs. C.C. Sabathia
Series: Tied 3-3.
The breakdown: It all comes down to this. First pitch of Game 7 is scheduled for 7:08 PM Central tonight from Minute Maid Park. The Yankees will start C.C. Sabathia while the Astros appear to have settled on Charlie Morton. Sabathia was fantastic in a dominant six-inning start in Game 3 of the ALCS and will look to repeat that effort, while the Astros will look to build off the offensive spark they found in Game 6 to punch their ticket to the World Series.
Series schedule:
| Winner | Loser | Pitching matchup |
Game 1 | Astros 2 | Yankees 1 | Keuchel (W), Tanaka (L) |
Game 2 | Astros 2, | Yankees 1 | Verlander (W), Chapman (L) |
Game 3 | Yankees 8 | Astros 1 | Sabathia (W), Morton (L) |
Game 4 | Yankees 6 | Astros 4 | Green (W), Giles (L) |
Game 5 | Yankees 5 | Astros 0 | Tanaka (W), Keuchel (L) |
Game 6 | Astros 7 | Yankees 1 | Verlander (W), Severino (L) |
Game 7 | Today | Minute Maid | MortonTBA vs. Sabathia |
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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.