The Houston Astros will look to construct on their four-game successful streak once they welcome the Seattle Mariners on Thursday for the opener of a four-game sequence
Houston accomplished a two-game sweep of the visiting Colorado Rockies on Wednesday behind a two-home run afternoon from Yainer Diaz. The catcher’s solo and two-run round-trippers powered the Astros to a 6-4 victory, and their fourth win in a row total
The house runs have been Diaz’s ninth and tenth of the season, with seven of them coming since June 14.
“Learning the pitcher just a little bit extra, going up there with a greater plan,” Diaz advised AT&T Sports activities Southwest by way of an interpreter in his postgame interview on Wednesday. “That is helped me quite a bit.”
Diaz will attempt to proceed that scorching streak within the upcoming American League West sequence.
Seattle had its four-game successful streak finish on Wednesday within the finale of a three-game sequence at San Francisco.
The Mariners, coming off two victories over the AL-leading Tampa Bay Rays, beat the Giants 6-0 and 6-5 earlier than managing simply seven hits in a 2-0 loss to finish the set
Regardless of the group’s incapability to attain, Seattle’s Julio Rodriguez remained scorching on the plate. He went 2-for-4 to increase his hitting streak to 5 video games, throughout which he’s 10-for-23 (.435).
He has collected a number of hits in 4 of the previous 5 video games and in 18 of his previous 39 contests.
“There’s nonetheless work to do,” Rodriguez stated of his current play. “We have got to maintain transferring ahead. There’s nonetheless video games to win, and that was my focus.”
Rodriguez was added to the AL All-Star group as a sub on Tuesday, as was teammate George Kirby, who’s slated to begin on Thursday.
Kirby (7-7, 3.21 ERA) picked up a win in his newest begin, permitting simply two hits and two runs over seven innings with seven strikeouts and two walks on Saturday in opposition to Tampa Bay.
Kirby has confronted the Astros simply as soon as in his profession, a begin on July 31, 2022, in Houston. He struck out seven whereas giving up two runs on 4 hits and one stroll over 4 innings in a no-decision
The Astros had not named a beginning pitcher as of Thursday morning
Houston is prone to be with out Jose Altuve for the beginning of the sequence. The second baseman missed the previous two video games as a consequence of a left indirect harm, and he was headed for an MRI examination.
“He’ll be evaluated extra (Thursday),” Astros common supervisor Dana Brown stated on Wednesday. “He got here in right this moment feeling quite a bit higher, so we do not really feel prefer it’s the identical kind of harm as the opposite indirect that he had (earlier within the season), in order that was excellent news. We’re in no rush to attempt to rush him again previous to the (All-Star) break.
The upcoming sequence would be the first between the AL West rivals because the Mariners took two of three in a Could 5-7 set at Seattle
–Subject Degree Media
