NEW YORK — Jake Meyers hit two lengthy three-run homers and the Houston Astros beat New York 9-7 on Sunday after struggling Yankees starter Carlos Rodón exited early with one other harm.
Yordan Alvarez and Martín Maldonado additionally went deep to assist Houston break up the four-game sequence, the primary assembly between the groups for the reason that Astros swept the ALCS final October.
Houston, which holds an AL wild-card spot, remained 2 1/2 video games behind first-place Texas within the AL West.
“Just didn’t seem like that game was going to end,” Astros supervisor Dusty Baker mentioned. “We helped them, they helped us. Hard-fought victory for us.”
Jeremy Peña scored twice for the Astros, who’ve gained 11 of their previous 15 matchups with the Yankees – together with final yr’s playoff sequence.
Gleyber Torres homered and reached base 5 instances. Harrison Bader additionally had three hits and two RBIs for the fourth-place Yankees, who fell 4 1/2 video games behind Toronto for the ultimate AL wild card.
Rodón was eliminated within the third inning with left hamstring tightness and changed by rookie Jhony Brito.
After being examined at Yankee Stadium by a health care provider, Rodón will get extra exams within the subsequent 24 hours, the workforce mentioned. New York supervisor Aaron Boone was not sure if Rodón would require one other stint on the injured listing.
“We’ll have an MRI tomorrow and then we’ll have an idea,” Boone mentioned.
Signed to a $162 million, six-year contract within the offseason, Rodón missed the primary three-plus months of the season with a forearm pressure and a nasty again. The 30-year-old left-hander has been a disappointment since, permitting 4 earned runs or extra in 4 of his six begins.
He struggled in opposition to the Astros, giving up 5 runs over 2 2/3 innings – together with homers to Meyers and Alvarez. Rodón struck out 5 however has a 7.33 ERA in 27 innings this season. He was 2-0 with a 1.55 ERA in seven prior begins versus Houston.
“I’m pretty frustrated,” Rodón mentioned. “This is not the way I wanted to come out here and perform.”
Meyers took Rodón deep to left-center after a pair of walks within the second. Meyers then put Houston in entrance for good within the sixth with a 432-foot drive off Wandy Peralta (3-2) for his second profession multi-homer recreation.
“That was big,” Baker mentioned. “He’s been making some adjustments, trying to find his stroke, and he found it on two of them.”
The six RBIs for Meyers matched probably the most by an Astros participant this season. The 27-year-old middle fielder famous it was the primary time he might recall driving in that many runs in a recreation at any stage.
“It was a really fun game to be a part of,” Meyers mentioned. “An absolute battle. Glad we won.”
Maldonado adopted with a drive to left area to make it 9-5, marking the ninth set of back-to-back homers for Houston this season. The usually dependable Peralta, who served up a protracted ball Thursday to Kyle Tucker, has allowed homers in consecutive outings for the primary time this yr.
“Today I wanted to execute every pitch,” Peralta mentioned by means of a translator. “Things didn’t work out the way that I wanted it and unfortunately it cost (us) the game.”
Torres barely clearly the right-field wall within the first, connecting off José Urquidy for his 18th homer of the season.
Urquidy settled down after that earlier than shedding the strike zone within the fourth, when he threw eight straight balls to load the bases. Urquidy was activated from the 60-day injured listing earlier than the sport to make his first begin since April 30. He had been sidelined with proper shoulder discomfort.
Rookie right-hander J.P. France (8-3), making his first profession reduction look, didn’t enable an earned run in 3 1/3 innings.
“It was definitely different,” he mentioned. “But at the end of the day, you still have to go out there and give your team a chance to win.”
Bryan Abreu acquired 4 outs for his fourth save. Giancarlo Stanton flied out to Meyers with two on to finish it.
“At the end, it was tough,” Meyers mentioned. “It went into the sun and then came out and it was fun to catch the last one.”
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge went 0 for 4 with an RBI and is 5 for 27 since getting back from a toe harm.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Astros: After having Saturday off, nearer Ryan Pressly was unavailable attributable to soreness, Baker mentioned. He didn’t present some other particulars.
Yankees RHP Jonathan Loáisiga (elbow irritation) is anticipated to be activated from the injured listing earlier than Monday’s recreation on the Chicago White Sox. Loáisiga, sidelined since April 8, made three minor league rehab appearances.
UP NEXT
Astros: Houston is scheduled to go to the White House on Monday to mark its 2022 World Series championship. LHP Framber Valdez (9-7, 3.07 ERA) takes the mound sooner or later later within the opener of a three-game sequence at AL East-leading Baltimore. Valdez threw the sixteenth no-hitter in workforce historical past final day out, beating Cleveland 2-0. RHP Grayson Rodriguez (2-3, 6.09) begins for the Orioles.
Yankees: RHP Gerrit Cole (10-2, 2.64 ERA) opens a three-game sequence Monday in Chicago. Cole leads the AL in ERA. RHP Dylan Cease (4-5, 4.61) goes for the White Sox.
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