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Week Two of the VYPE Pick'Em Challenge is here and it was the newcomer to the VYPE Media team that came in with a bang in the opening week.
New VYPE West Houston reporter Dennis Silva II only missed on one pick in the opening week. So, congrats to him but it is a long season. Here comes week two.
Current Standings
Dennis Silva II / (4-1)
Matt Malatesta / (3-2)
Joshua Koch / (3-2)
Todd James / (3-2)
Matt Reese / (2-3)
The Pickers
Matt Malatesta headlines this group. Malatesta is the VYPE Media Chief Content Officer and one of the founders of VYPE. Joshua Koch is the Managing Editor of VYPE Houston Magazine and is entering his fifth season of covering high school football in Houston. Matthew Reese is the Digital Editor of VYPE Media and host of the VYPE Scoreboard Show on ESPN 97.5 FM every Friday night from 10-11 p.m. Todd James is the VYPE North Houston reporter and also VYPE videographer and producer. James produces the weekly Locker Talk Facebook Live show and corresponding Locker Talk Podcast. Dennis Silva II is the newest member of the VYPE team and brings years of experience of covering high school sports across the state.
Each week these five pickers will make their selections on what are deemed some of the top games of the area. So let's see how they picked Week 2.
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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.