28 years old.
Two starts against texas this
year.
Two runs over 13 innings.
Also a long streak riding for
Valdez quality starts six
innings or more three earned
runs or less in 18 consecutive
outings that one gets away.
Two so a leadoff walk.
Corey Seager the batter and
that's a bouncing ball right
side coming on really, fields
goes to second for one and no
return throw to first, not
really hit hard enough to turn
two, so a man on and one out for
Dolis Garcia curveball and
that's popped up shallow right
going out, Jose Altuve in a
short right field, coming in
tucker and Jose Altuve makes the
over the shoulder catch and that
is the second out back to first
base, go Seager and that's a
ground ball left side to his
left.
Bregman third baseman has it?
Rojas throws across in time.
And the inning draws to a close.
The left hander making his
second career coming off a good
15 innings, one unearned run
against the white sox three hits
, four walks, three strikeouts,
64, about 1 92 ??100.24 years
old.
A leadoff walk, Yuli Gurriel,
this is lifted high into the air
, shallow right field, Simeone
angling out, he's near the line
and he makes the catch just
inside the line to get Gurriel
for the first out here in the
bottom half of the first one
away and that brings Kyle Tucker
to the plate On the ground.
This could be to there's one and
too late over to first base with
two outs.
It's a four pitch walk to
Bregman and the Astros have to
man on with two out walk to here
in the first and now it's Diaz
Turn the left fielder pitches
yanked toward the Crawford boxed
, going back into culberson and
he makes a running catch to get
Diaz for the final out in the
inning, aggressive rangers
offense here in the second
turning into two more ground
ball outs for framber Valdez,
Lowe and then a two out, nobody
on for charlie culberson swing
and s culberson goes down on
strikes 123 innings for
Framber Valdez gets his first
strikeout that brings jeremy to
the plate, the shortstop and
that's through the right side.
Wide open for jeremy pena to
shoot a single, has to feel good
for him.
You have been struggling here a
little bit lately, that one gets
through.
Similar spot is pena back to
back singles for the Astros
seven and eight hitters, jake
Mayers comes through one out
here with the runners at 1st and
2nd.
Now Maldonado and there he goes
to left, has a three run Under
the train tracks for a three run
home run for Maldonado, his 12th
homer of the year 3 to nothing.
Astros, veteran hitter like
Martin Maldonado knew all to
well what to be looking for.
He got it didn't miss it.
Durant Thompson and simeon
coming out against framber
Valdez on the ground, right side
, broken bat grounder Gurriel
off the bag runs to the bag and
flips the Valdez but it's too
late and Durant beats it out.
Kind of caught in the middle.
Was Gurriel do I beat him in a
foot race He didn't think he was
going to and then a late lot to
Valdez so it's an infield knock
for the rookie.
So the first two men have
reached here and flip it over
the top of the order and Marcus
Semien with the Astros on top
three, nothing delivery and
that's going called Strike
three.
Simeon didn't like it.
I thought it was upstairs.
He is rung up by junior
Valentine.
Yeah, that was not a strike that
was above the letters, bases
loaded, nobody out Swing and a
miss got him back to back
strikeouts by Framber Valdez
Valdez after the first two
minute reached the bases loaded
now with 2 2 bases loaded here
for texas and a chance to play
comeback trailing.
Well going back on it is jake
Mayers Mayers run underneath it
in right center field, makes the
catch and the rangers get a
couple of infield hits and the
bases loaded and what typical
framber Valdez start so far
extremely difficult to lift the
baseball.
There it is again.
Gurriel for a moment, thought it
would be Framber Valdez ends up
taking it himself.
He had a slow break on one of
the infield, knocks in the third
so you see it again.
Gurriel giving him a look like
you're going to cover this back
or is it all me is that one shot
to the right side, right at Yuli
Gurriel a line drive right at
the right place at the right
time, Yuli Gurriel and there's
two away a couple of to jeremy
pina high hop throws across and
just does get culberson was
running hard down the line and
that will do it for the rangers
real still at first for Bregman
it's kind of shocking About his
season.
So low numbers against lefties
is only hitting 196 against left
handed pitching this year is one
of his 13 home runs and Bregman
rockets one deep down the left
field line ball is hooking if it
stays fair, it's gone and it's a
fair ball and a two run home run
for Alex Bregman five to
nothing.
Astros Bregman goes deep for the
14th time this year.
We talked about the surprising
struggles for Alex Bregman this
year against left handed
pitching and it just feels like
it's one of those things that
eventually will come around.
There are the ground balls told
you the best rate in baseball by
a very wide margin and nine of
the 11 batted balls in this game
have been on the ground right
side for Jose Altuve into the
shift And there is the first out
in the 6th will bring up Adolis
Garcia and that's hit in the air
to center fairly deep.
It sends back Mayers on the edge
of the track now onto the track
a step to make the catch and he
is the second out.
We've seen some efficient to
swing and a miss.
Anaheim down on a changeup, good
morning, good afternoon and good
night 10 in a row and he's
thinking about a complete game.
Back to back hits for texas
there on the corners, best
chance for the rangers to score
since the third inning.
Durant is one for two today, 3
to 7 K. Of the day for
Framber Valdez and the second
wild pitch two outs 3rd and it's
up to Thompson to try and get
the Rangers on the Board.
3 2 pitch, there's a swing and a
miss and he struck him Out to
stranded Valdez What a day on
the mound for Houston, seven
shutout frames brilliant with
runners at 2nd and 3rd 1 ball,
no strikes nobody out to Bregman
and Bregman shoots this one into
centerfield dying and that will
fall for a hit ball got in on
him but he's able to muscle it
into center field, Yuli Gurriel
scores and the Astros now lead
it six to nothing on an R.B.I.
Single, third R.B.I. Of the day
from Alex bregman three straight
hits to start the seventh inning
for the Astros against Garrett
Richards that one is lifted to
left and overseen makes the
catch and here comes tucker to
score Kind of a delayed run home
after Culberson was hanging out
there to make it seven.
Houston being the cut off man is
standing on the back, he needs
to be lining it up right now and
he wasn't, there was nowhere to
throw the ball, throw all the
way in and allow Alex Bregman to
go to second, eight men in
scoring position and that leaves
it up to Nathaniel, Lowe and
that one gets through for Lowe
this is going to score the first
run for texas this afternoon.
Simeone come on down at 71,
let's see if he can pick it up.
He is one for three today that
one goes through similar to Lowe
to bring home Seager 72 in the
eighth, rangers down to their
final out, the batter is Marcus
Simmons swinging a high fly ball
deep into left, Diaz going back
, he stops, he turns the look
it's gone that drops into the
first row of seats in the
Crawford boxes his 17th of the
year and that makes it a 73
Ballgame the rangers back to
within four 2 to 2. Seager
strike three called with a
changeup at the knees and that
is the ballgame the Houston
Astros take two out of three
from the texas rangers and
clinch the silver boot for the
sixth consecutive season