“The guy hasn't swung a bat against live pitching and hits it out on his first at-bat, he's pretty awesome," Baker said. The Astros went back-to-back when Bregman connected off Domingo Germán (0-1) four pitches later to make it 2-0. But Matt Carpenter grounded into a double play to end the game and give Montero his seventh save.Īlvarez, who returned from the injured list Thursday, smacked his 27th homer to the seats in left field with two outs in the first to give Houston an early lead. Rafael Montero, who pitched an inning in the first game, took over and was greeted with a single by Gleyber Torres. “This is huge for us to start out 2-0, to take our lead back to double digits," Houston manager Dusty Baker said of his team's lead over the Mariners in the AL West.Īaron Judge hit his MLB-leading 34th homer on a three-run shot off Brandon Bielak to the train tracks atop left field to cut the lead to 7-5 with one out in the ninth in Game 2. Matijevic’s pinch-hit RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning lifted the Astros to a 3-2 win in the opener of the day-night doubleheader between the American League’s top teams. If we happen to come back here in October we’re going to show up. It’s not going to matter unless (it’s) October. “I understand it’s a big story," he said. Yankees manager Aaron Boone seemed bothered by a question equating this season's results against the Astros to their struggles against them in the playoffs in recent years. and hopefully we can continue that for the second half." “This is what we expect out of this ball club every single night. “You want to get off to a good start, and I think everybody came in ready to play," Bregman said. The Yankees are 64-30 and Houston's two wins Thursday improved the team to 61-32. Yordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman both homered and combined for five RBI as the Astros completed the sweep with a 7-5 win in Game 2.Ĭhas McCormick added a two-run home run for the Astros, who won the season series 5-2. HOUSTON - The Houston Astros opened the second half of the season by sweeping the New York Yankees in a doubleheader Thursday to inch closer in the standings to the team with baseball's best record. Alvarez homers as Astros down Yankees 7-5 for DH sweep
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