Houston Astros catcher Hank Conger is coming back to Anaheim red-hot.
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With the stock market taking a beating recently, there may be those happy to hear that Angels left-hander Andrew Heaney signed a deal to sell stock in his future earnings on Thursday.
Before they left for the road trip, you’ll remember that Jed Lowrie was instrumental in the Astros’ come from behind victory over the Twins last Sunday.
“We’re going to need him down the stretch”, Scioscia said, “so it’s good to see him comfortable in the box”.
“But that’s what has made this team great all year”.
Starting pitcher Hector Santiago allowed five hits and two runs while striking out three over 7.0 innings to not get a decision as Joe Smith Got the win to raise his record to 5-5 and Huston Street earned his 35th save.
“That was an incredible, resilient effort”, Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. “But the bombs, I love ’em”.
Tucker started the rally with a two-strike solo homer for the Astros, who got five consecutive hits off Street (3-3), the AL saves leader. “I thought I was pretty good except for that one play”. “He held them in check until we could make it a little bit of a closer game”. “And we did just that. It was superior. After I hit that residence run, everybody realized we might get one thing going”.
“I couldn’t throw my glove all the way to first base”, Featherston said.
Jed Lowrie stepped into the box and smacked a pitch just inside the right field foul pole. The right fielder reached into the crowd and came up empty, sending the Houston dugout into a wild celebration. “More in disbelief. It’s a brutal loss in the way it happened, obviously-trying to go for the sweep and what it does to the standings”.
“I didn’t think it was all that bad of a pitch to Cron”.
Astros right-hander Lance McCullers allowed two runs and seven hits through five innings. Los Angeles CF Mike Trout was 1-for-11 with five strikeouts in the three-game series against the Dodgers.3.
He also conceded no walks, scattered six hits and amassed eight strikeouts in his seven innings. He watched the comeback from the weight room. He allowed one run and four hits in six innings while receiving a no-decision against Texas in his last turn after being touched up for 14 runs in 11 2/3 innings in his previous two starts.
Anderson (4-3) allowed two runs in 5 2-3 innings.
New York swept a four-game series from the Braves for the first time since 1989, won its seventh straight game and maintained a 9ﾽ-game lead in NL East over second-place Washington with 19 games left.
Angels: Nick Tropeano will start Tuesday in Seattle because Matt Shoemaker isn’t quite ready to return from right forearm tightness.
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The Rangers, who trail Houston by 1½ games in the AL West, open a four-game series against the Astros at home tonight. Sipp struck out the only batter he faced in the eighth inning during the Astros’ 5-3 win over the Angels.
