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Nationals partial owner and NFL Today host, talks World Series baseball
Oct 22, 2019, 11:48 am
James Brown, Partial Owner of the Washington Nationals Talks World Series 2019 vs. Astros
Washington D.C's James Brown is excited about the nation's capital being unified for once! It only happens when a major sports team is on the verge of, or wins a championship. In 2018, the Capitals won the Stanley Cup. In 1992, the Redskins won SuperBowl XXVI and the Wizards, known back then as the Bullets, won the NBA Championship in 1978. But D.C. hasn't seen a World Series appearance since 1933 or a world championship in baseball since 1924, when the Senators (now the Minnesota Twins) defeated the New York Giants.
As Pastor Tim Yeager and I caught up with JB on Vision for Life Radio: Where Faith and Sports Collide, we quickly learned that he's just as comfortable talking baseball as he is talking football.
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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.