LOSING THE BATTLE
Mike Florio lays out glaring mishandling of Deshaun Watson's defense
Mar 23, 2021, 3:08 pm
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Tuesday on NBC Sports, Mike Florio spells out the biggest problem he sees with how Watson's camp is handling his defense. Florio recognizes that Watson has a great attorney in Rusty Hardin, but he feels they are doing a poor job with crisis management, because Watson is getting crushed in the battle of public opinion.
Mike Florio's surprising tactic
Also, Florio explains what he would do if he was asked to represent Deshaun Watson at this point in a legal capacity. Mike, a lawyer himself, says he wouldn't take the case unless Watson passed a lie detector test. He goes on to say that many other lawyers wouldn't find it critical to believe their client, some attorneys just do it for the paycheck. But in this case, the PR component that the lawyer would be attached to could reflect badly on the attorney and not just the client.
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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.