Hit Parade of singles lead to victory over Jeter’s team
WP: Feldman (7-9)
LP: Huff (3-1)
SV: Veras (1)
contributed by Sphinx Drummond
For the first three innings the Astros could do nothing against the Yankees’ Michael Pineda. All the while, Scott Feldman let a lot of Yanks on the bases but he kept them from scoring. The Astros finally got a man on base when Robbie Grossman led off the fourth inning with a single. He was moved over to second by a Jose Altuve sacrifice. The next batter, Chris Carter, went down on strikes and then Dexter Fowler hit a double to score Mr Grossman from second and give the Astros a one to nothing lead.
The Yankees bounced back quickly via starting shortstop Stephen Drew’s first Yankee homer, and tied the game at one all after four. Is it just me or is he much rangier at shortstop than that old guy the Yankees usually start there? The Yankees took the lead in the fifth inning when Ichiro Suzuki scored on Jacoby Ellsbury’s bunt single to the pitcher Mr Feldman, making the score 2 to 1 in favor of the Yanks.
Things stayed that what until the seventh inning. Jason Castro led off with a walk, and David Huff came in to replace Mr Pineda. Mr Huff got Jon Singleton to strike out and then somebody put a quarter in the juke box at Yankee Stadium and the Astros released hit single after hit single. Marwin (Gonzalez), Matt (Dominguez), Jake (Marisnick), Robbie (Grossman), and Jose (Altuve), the Astros’ new boy band doo-wop group banged out five chart topping hit singles in a row, scoring four number ones to raise the score to 5 to 2 in favor of the Good Guys.
The Yankees threatened in the bottom of the seventh but Kevin Chapman, who came in to relieve Mr. Feldman, was able to get a key strike out of Mr. Ellsbury. And in the ninth inning, with Jose Veras in to close the game, the Yanks got two on and had the tying run at the plate with two out when Mr Veras was able to get Mr Ellsbury to fly out to deep right field to end the game and secure a Grammy for the Astros.
Thursday the Astros send Dallas Keuchel to the mound and attempt to sweep the Yankees in New York. The Yanks will try to stop that from happening by sending Brandon McCarthy to the hill. Have your listening device ready to go early, the game starts at 12:10 PM CST.
Weather: 77 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, R to L.
T: 3:29.
Att: 42,102.