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John Granato: 28 things I want to see this football season
Jul 26, 2018, 8:15 am
A healthy Deshaun Watson would be fun to see. Tim Warner/Getty Images
1. Deshaun Watson play all 16 regular season games and every postseason game
2. Four new teams in the college football playoff
3. Odell vs Kicking Net 2 - Revenge of the Net
4. The anthem controversy go away
5. Every Herm Edwards press conference
6. Someone on the Texans not named DeAndre has 60 catches
7. Nick Saban upset on the sideline (lock of the year)
8. Johnny Manziel win the Grey Cup (longshot of the year)
9. The NRG roof open one game (zero chance of happening)
10. Lamar Miller rush for 1,000 yards
11. UH in another New Year’s Day bowl game
12. Bill Belichick explain why he didn’t play Malcolm Butler in last year’s Super Bowl
13. Andre Hal say he’s beating cancer
14. The Big 12 finish in a 9-way tie for first and have no idea how to break it thus forcing them to pick up two more teams and actually have 12 because it’s stupid to have 10 and call yourself the Big 12 (note: I say 9-way tie because there’s no way I could put Kansas in first place and keep any credibility)
15. Bill O’Brien call a pass play that picks up a first down to ice a win
16. When Bill O’Brien calls three straight Lamar Miller off-tackle runs and the Texans have to punt with 1:30 to play and a 5 point lead, the Texans defense stops someone to win the game
17. Every Longhorn has clear urine
18. Aqib Talib and Michael Crabtree scrap on the first play of the first preseason game
19. Tyrann Mathieu win comeback player of the year
20. English subtitles for every Ed Orgeron press conference
21. Malcolm Butler pick off a Brady pass in the final seconds of their playoff game and race 99 yards for the winning score which puts the Titans in the AFC Championship game against the Texans who won earlier that day
22. Deshaun Watson break the Texans single season touchdown passes record of 29 by week 10
23. The Aggies and Longhorns meet in a big bowl game
24. Nick Martin finish the season on the field
25. Bill Belichick explain why he let Malcolm Butler walk in free agency
26. J.J. Watt lead the league in sacks
27. A college football RedZone channel
28. The Astros win the World Series again
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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.