The Yankees probably have to take two of three in Toronto to continue holding out hope that they can catch the Jays. On Wednesday afternoon it stayed that way, resulting in a 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. The pitcher is 2-2 with a 5.06 ERA on the year.
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“Eighty-two and up in this park doesn’t do too good”, Weaver said, referring to the velocity of his fastball and location of his pitches. “It was one of those things; I knew I had to battle”.
David Freese hit a go-ahead two-run double in a three-run eighth inning to help the Angels take two of three in the series and pull to 1 1/2 games behind Houston for the second AL wild-card spot.
The Astros would answer in the seventh with Altuve tripling to right field and Correa hitting an RBI double, two batters later, to push the Astros lead 6-1. “We put pressure on them from the fifth inning on”.
That forced Astros manager AJ Hinch to turn to his closer in Luke Gregerson and he was able to shut the door as he got the tying run in Erick Aybar to ground out to second base to end the ballgame. “Whether it’s speed, whether it’s power, whether it’s quality at-bats, when all three of those guys are locked in, it’s a pretty special group”.
Nick Tropeano will make just his second career start at Minute Maid despite pitching with the Astros during his 2014 rookie season. He debuted on June 13 and allowed at least 5 runs in 4 of his first 9 starts. Sanchez went 3-for-3, including a solo home run. Strikeouts have been an issue for Trout his past two seasons though.
Saddled with a 10.61 earned-run average in his previous four starts, twice failing to survive the third inning, the Twins right-hander could tell immediately that the adjustments had worked.
Kluber (8-15) gave up four runs on five hits and struck out six in 3 2/3 innings for the Indians. He also tied Felix Hernandez with 18 wins, most in the American League.
The Mets (85-65) increased their division lead over the Washington Nationals to 6-1/2 games.
Washington’s interleague home game against Baltimore was postponed because of rain and rescheduled for Thursday.
Los Angeles Angels’ Albert Pujols hits a home run next to Houston… “Trout now has 138 career home runs, the most ever by a center fielder through his age-23 season”.
Jonathan Broxton (3-5) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win while closer Trevor Rosenthal bagged his 47th save. Astros LF Marwin Gonzalez returned to the lineup for the first time since September 16 after having missed seven of eight games with left hand/wrist soreness. Santiago struggles even more to get deep into games, averaging just five and two-thirds innings per start.
Freese pushed the Angels (78-74) in front with his blast to left-center field that drove in Mike Trout and pinch-runner Collin Cowgill to erase the Astros’ 4-3 lead.
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The Angels will send Garrett Richards, Andrew Heaney, and Jered Weaver to the mound against the Mariners who will oppose them with Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma along with a starter to be determined on Friday.
