HOUSTON — Tuesday was an evening crammed with homers and milestones for the Houston Astros.
Mauricio Dubón, Kyle Tucker, Martín Maldonado and Chas McCormick every hit solo homers to again up a strong begin by rookie Hunter Brown and lead the Astros to a 6-1 win over the Washington Nationals.
And then there have been the milestones. José Abreu had two hits to offer him 1,501 profession hits, making him the twenty first energetic participant to succeed in 1,500 hits and the twelfth Cuban-born participant to do it.
Maldonado’s homer prolonged Houston’s result in 3-0 within the seventh and was the a centesimal of his profession. José Altuve walked with one out in that inning and scored the 1,000th run of his profession on a single by Abreu with two outs.
Abreu is in his tenth MLB season after spending 10 years enjoying professionally in Cuba.
“It just means that I’ve played a lot of baseball,” Abreu mentioned in Spanish by way of a translator. “And I can’t forget about all those people that were by my side throughout that long time and obviously being able to do it here I think it was even more special.”
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Altuve is the fourth participant in franchise historical past to attain at the very least 1,000 runs, becoming a member of Hall of Famers Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio and fellow Killer B Lance Berkman.
“It means a lot,” Altuve mentioned. “It’s a big number for me and I’m really happy and proud. Obviously I have to thank a lot of guys for driving me in. Abreu was tonight and I already thanked him. I want to thank Yordan (Alvarez) because probably 500 are from Yordan.”
Brown (6-3) scattered 4 hits throughout seven scoreless innings after dropping two in a row.
Dubón put the Astros up 1-0 when he knocked a changeup from Patrick Corbin (4-7) into the seats in left discipline with no outs within the fifth. There was one out within the inning when Tucker then hit his ninth residence run this season to proper discipline to make it 2-0.
It was Washington’s first go to to Houston because the Nationals received their solely championship by beating the Astros 6-2 in Game 7 of the 2019 World Series. Corbin was additionally on the mound in that sport, pitching three scoreless innings of reduction to get the win.
Tuesday, he struggled with command, strolling a season-high 5 whereas permitting 4 hits and two runs in 5 innings.
“These guys can hit, and on occasion when you make a mistake they’ll hit the ball a long way,” Nationals supervisor Dave Martinez mentioned.
The Astros began this nine-game homestand on a excessive notice, giving them a much-needed increase after going 2-5 on a street journey, which ended Sunday.
“We haven’t established homefield dominance like we usually do and which we’re trying to get to,” Astros supervisor Dusty Baker mentioned. “So we’re just trying to win one day at a time.”
The Nationals had a runner on second with two outs within the seventh when Jake Meyers crashed into the middle discipline wall after making a leaping catch on a fly ball hit by Dominic Smith to finish Brown’s night time. Brown pounded his hand into his glove and yelled, “Let’s go” after watching Meyers make the nifty seize.
Lane Thomas doubled with two outs within the eighth and scored on a single by Luis Garcia to chop the result in 4-1.
McCormick’s homer got here with no outs within the backside of the inning and Altuve added an RBI single with two outs to push the result in 6-1.
Abreu collected his 1,five hundredth profession hit on a double on a line drive to right-center discipline to start out Houston’s second. The Astros introduced the milestone on the finish of the inning and put a graphic together with his image and the quantity on the massive display as he tipped his cap to the group.
Similar graphics and bulletins had been made for Maldonado’s and Altuve’s milestones on the finish of the seventh inning.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Nationals: RHP Tanner Rainey threw a 25-pitch bullpen session this weekend as he continues his restoration from Tommy John surgical procedure.
Astros: SS Jeremy Peña missed a second straight sport Tuesday with an unspecified sickness. Baker mentioned he was feeling higher Tuesday and will return Wednesday.
SNAPPED
Washington DH Joey Meneses went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts to finish a career-long 18-game on-base streak, which was the longest energetic streak within the majors.
UP NEXT
Houston LHP Framber Valdez (6-5, 2.36 ERA) opposes RHP Josiah Gray (4-5, 3.00) when the sequence continues Wednesday night time.
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