Houston Astrosvideo-placeholder-13" class="ezoic-videopicker-video"/> y Seattle Mariners They faced each other in a great duel that opened in the final moments and ended with a 6×1 victory for the visitors in the Minute Maid Park this Monday, September 23. The locals were left wanting to celebrate qualifying for the postseason.
The main protagonists were the starters of both teams, Bryce Miller y Hunter Brown, who faced each other in an excellent duel that lasted six innings, in which both teams scored one run and connected on five hits.
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Hunter Brownopener of Houston Astros and ultimately a loser (11-9), worked six innings with a rhythm of three hits, one earned, eight strikeouts and three walks. The only run they managed came thanks to a RBI single by Cal Raleigh in the third that towed to Julio Rodriguez from second.
After Brown left, Seattle’s offense took advantage of the bullpen’s weaknesses and against Caleb Ferguson, Kaleb Ort and Bryan King they made three more runs that sentenced the team to Houston Astros.
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Julio Rodriguez widened the gap in the «Lucky Seven» with a single to right-center that drove in Victor Robles. One inning later, Justin Turner with a sacrifice fly and Jorge Polanco with a double, drove in Cal Raleigh and Randy Arozarena respectively.
Bryce Miller kept the batting of Houston Astros for seven innings. They were only able to connect with two hits, he gave away two walks and struck out five opponents. He left his ERA at 2.94 and WHIP at 0.98, reaching 12 wins with eight losses.
Jason Heyward produced the only run for the Houston Astros in the game
Facing reliever Troy Taylor, Jason Heyward avoided a shutout with a home run, his ninth of the year. The shot traveled 363 feet to right field in the bottom of the eighth inning with an exit velocity of 101.5 MPH.
The puntilla came at the beginning of the ninth against the right of Houston Astros, Seth Martinez. Pair of doubles by rule of Julio Rodriguez (17) and of Randy Arozarena (31), put definitive numbers on the game.
With this result, Houston Astros reached 85 wins with 72 losses and remain at the top of the American League West with four games above Seattle Mariners (81-76), their rivals on duty. With a victory for the Siderales against Seattle, they would be reaching their seventh divisional title in the last eight years.
Randy Arozarena and Julio Rodriguez lead Seattle Mariners to win over Houston Astros
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