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San Diego Padres defeated Houston Astros 4×0 in an extraordinary pitchers’ duel that ended in a party of hits this Wednesday, September 18, at the Petco Parkthus taking the particular series two wins to one.
The protagonists were Dylan Cease y Framber Valdez who fought an excellent duel for seven innings in which both teams scored only one run and connected on six hits.
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Framber Valdez (14-7), starter of Houston Astrosworked seven innings with a pace of five hits, one earned run, six strikeouts and one walk. The only one that was made against him came thanks to his 28th home run of the season Manny Machado.
For its part, Dylan Cease (14-11), worked without major setbacks 8.1 innings. He was hit with two solo hits off the bats of Jason Heyward y Mauricio Dubonstruck out five opponents and did not give up any walks.
The game ended with a minimal difference of 1-0 until the bottom of the eighth inning. In that inning, after Framber left and Kaleb Ort came in, the debacle came.
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San Diego Padres home run party against Houston Astros
Three consecutive home runs without being able to get outs was the balance left by San Diego Padres ante Houston Astros in that entry.
Fernando Tatis Jr. He opened the inning with his 19th homer of the year, a long shot to left-center. Then, Manny Machado He imitated him by hitting his second homer of the night and his 29th so far in 2024.
Finally, Donovan Solano shook the wood to complete the back to back to back home runs and like Tatis, between left and center, he made the ball travel to the delight of the San Diego fans.
To his rescue came Bryan Kingwho allowed one hit but no more runs and struck out two, using only nine pitches to the plate. The last two outs were recorded by Tanner Scott who struck out Yordan Alvarez and dominated Alex Bregman on a fly ball to right field.
With this adverse result, Houston Astros reached 70 losses with 82 wins and remain at the top of the American League West, 3.5 games above Seattle Mariners and 8.5 of Texas Rangers.
Besides, San Diego Padreswith 87 and 66, remain second in the National League West, three games behind Los Angeles Dodgers and two above Arizona Diamondbacks.
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