Five For The Win
Jacorey Howard's performance snaps Aldine's 25-game losing streak
Edward McFarland
Sep 19, 2018, 5:00 am
Howard’s stat line was 5 touchdowns, 451 yards and 23 carries Vype
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A little before the kickoff head football coach Carl Semler said, “This is going to be an epic game.”
True to his word, the game was epic and then some.
The first half was as epic as any game could be as senior running back Jacorey Howard had over 300 rushing yards and four touchdowns – again this was in the first half!
His first touchdown was only 30 seconds into the game as he scored on a 62-yard hand off.
On the Mustangs second series, what seem like the same play-call from Howard’s first score, Howard scored again, but check this out – after shaking a defender, Howard fumbled the ball in the open field and picked it up in mid-stride as he went on to score a 73-yard touchdown run.
Read more on Aldine's win here
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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.