Two Wins In A Row!

Astros beat up on the Twins 16 – 4

WP: Feldman (1-2)

LP: Hughes (1-5)

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Game Zone Thread

Wednesday night the Astros accomplished something they hadn’t done all year. They won two in a row. That is important because you can not have a winning record without winning at least two games in a row at least once during a season. Since the Astros have dug an early season hole, it will take a few more two wins in a row and a few less two losses in a row to turn the season around. But you got to start somewhere and last night was it.

After the Twins were shutdown in their half of the first inning, Jose Altuve led off the bottom of the first with another solo home run. His fifth lead off dinger and 8th homer of the year. No one closed the gate after Altuve scored and the Astros took advantage. They grabbed their good bats and swung their asses off to the tune of 16 runs.

The luxury of a lead was more than Mike Fiers could handle. He cruised through the first, struggled in the second, gave up three runs in the third, one run in the fourth, and was gone before he could finish the fifth. Josh Fields came in to get the last out of the fifth. Scott Feldman came on in the sixth inning, pitched two perfect innings and was given credit for the win. Feldman has been nothing short of brilliant in his last two relief appearances. Michael Feliz pitched well for the last two innings to close out the game.

Altuve was joined by Jason Castro (2nd) and Carlos Correa (4th) on the home run podium. Every starter but Marwin Gonzales got a hit, he did walk twice, and the team ended up with 14 hits, and 7 free passes via the base on balls. Both Altuve and Correa were a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. Fun game.

The Astros will send rookie Chris Devenski to the mound opposite Seattle’s Wade Miley in Thursday’s 7:10 p.m. CT series opener against the division leading Mariners at Minute Maid Park