The Houston Astros made quite a powerful statement while slugging themselves back to the top of the AL West.
“If there’s one person that gets impressed by what this team can do, it’s me because I’m new here,” said Abreu, the 36-year-old first baseman who played the past nine seasons for the Chicago White Sox before his $58.5 million, three-year deal with Houston. “I think that this organization, these guys, when the lights are shining bright, they know how to handle things, they know how to do things well. I’m just very grateful to be part of this as well.
With 21 games left in the regular season, and a day off Thursday, Houston has a one-game division lead over Seattle and a three-game edge over Lone Star State rival Texas. The Astros have won the AL West five of the last six seasons, made it to the AL Championship six consecutive times and been to four World Series in that span, winning two of them.Eight different Houston players went deep in the series, with five of them hitting multiple homers.
That was after Altuve also homered in the ninth inning of their 13-6 win in the series opener on Labor Day, meaning hit long balls in four consecutive innings played.the first time in major league history that a team’s No. 9 batter and leadoff hitter twice went back-to-back in the same gameThey went back-to-back from bottom-to-top again Tuesday when Martin Maldonado was batting ninth, and his first homer came right before Altuve went deep for the third time.
“You kind of like being where we are. The guys were ready. We jumped them early and got in their tired bullpen,” Baker said after the finale. “I’ve been Scherzer a lot better. He left some pitches up on the zone, some breaking balls, and our guys didn’t miss them.”The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting.
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