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Rockets lock up Capela with 5-year, $90 million contract
SportsMap Staff
Jul 27, 2018, 3:41 pm
Clint Capela has a new deal with the Rockets. Jason Miller
The Rockets have locked up Clint Capela with a five-year, $90 million contract, according to multiple reports. The deal will average roughly $18 million per year.
Capela was a restricted free agent, but drew no interest from other teams as the center market dried up pretty quickly. He was a key piece for the Rockets last season, averaging career highs in points (13.9) and rebounds (10.8). He was also a key component to the Rockets improved defense, with 1.9 blocks per game and handling multiple assignments on switches.
Bringing Capela back was big for a team that lost Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute in free agency and only added James Ennis to the mix. Of course, it is also expected that Carmelo Anthony will sign a deal with the team once he clears waivers.
In the interim, the Rockets got back a big piece of their success and did it for a reasonable number considering his contributions.
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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.