Yankees defeat Astros 5-4
WP: Logan (2-1)
LP: Clemens (1-1)
S: Rivera (11)
Contributed by Sphinx Drummond
In the rubber game of the three game series with the Yankees the Astros came out on the short end, losing the game 5 to 4. After falling behind by 4 runs early, the Astros tied the game with a four run fourth only to lose by one run in the end. Mariano Rivera closed it out for his 11th save of the year. Rivera is amazing, and pinstripes notwithstanding, impossible for me to hate.
Astros’ starter Eric Bedard gave up four runs in 4 innings, Paul Clemens, who took the mound for the fifth inning took the loss and falls to 1-1 on the year. The Astros have been defeated in 6 of the last 7 games. Jose Altuve had another multi-hit game and has his average sitting at .336.
Lyle Overbay showed some smart veteran base running in the 6th. With runners on the corners and one out, Suzuki hit a grounder to Altuve between first and second, with no play at second base, Altuve was forced to try to tag Overbay, who had stopped running to avoid the tag, this made Altuve have to throw to first, which eliminated the force at second, allowing Nunez, who was on third, to cross the plate before Overbay was tagged out, giving New York the lead.
The Astros record is now 8 and 20. That is too terrible for me to want to extrapolate and figure out what kind of pace they’re on for total losses at the end of the season.
The Astros, who look like they’re trying to revive the Traveling Horse Shit Show, will put that on hold as they return home for a four game series with the Tigers.