The Astros are mobilizing late to defeat the Yankees

By Chandler RomeHouston Chronicle

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9:14 pm CDT, Monday, April 8, 2019

Carlos Correa could not understand the circumstances. He crossed the first base, saw Alex Bregman return home while the kick was given, shrugging his shoulders and heading for an angry dugout.

The burning of another bull-bull came on a cracked bat. On Sunday, the Astros sank two austere A in an open march. In a way, they supplanted the absurdity on Monday.

Correa's hit hit ran 22 feet and broke his broken stick at 28.2 mph. Adam Ottavino threw a 92.2 mph fastball into Correa's hands. The shortstop m has offered an excuse.

Baseball slowed down to stop along the first goal line, allowing all players to advance and to the Astros to obtain a 4-3 win over the Yankees.

Led twice in six innings, Houston had two wins with riders in a position to score against New York's expensive and efficient bullpen. One of them almost left the building: Robinson Chirinos' two-point double overhead close to Zack Britton in seventh place. The other has barely left the batter 's box.

Prior to the sixth round on Monday, Houston beat .162 out of 77 at batting with runners in goal position. Only the Cincinnati Reds came into play Monday with a batting average. Correcting weakness against the New York Yankees at the limit is incredible.

Even if Dellin Betances is injured, New York employs a pillar barn that makes the connection with Aroldis Chapman. Britton, a southpaw, was picked Monday to start the seventh inning. The Yankees had a two-point lead.

Britton racked up two outs and met the bottom of the Houston command. The eight-hole hitter, Tyler White, saw four decks. None was inside the strike zone. He made his way to the first goal as the ligatures finished. Yuli Gurriel went to second base.

The chirinos came and saw the count count for one each. Britton slotted a lead. The Chirinos lanced at the base of the central field wall. Gurriel scored with ease. The whites, not the lightest, scored the first goal under a Gary Sanchez label, igniting a dugout canoe and a muffled crowd for six innings.

In six innings against Masahiro Tanaka, the offense was little offensive. Jose Altuve mistreated a poorly positioned splitter for a 448-foot circuit in the fourth inning over the left-lane track.

The training surrounding it brought together two other successes. In the sixth, he placed the runners at the corners with less than two outs for the three- and four-hole hitters. Houston did not score, thus extending the problem corrected late in the game on Monday.