In his first start for his new club, 27-year-old right-hander Aaron Sanchez contributed six sparkling innings to the 12th no-hitter in Houston Astros franchise history, a 9-0 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park in Houston. After coming to Houston from Toronto via trade on Wednesday — a bit overshadowed by the Astros’ acquisition of Zack Greinke —...
Good afternoon Mets fans! With the NFL season ending last night we are just another day closer to baseball season. Yesterday was a pretty slow day in the baseball world, but let’s get caught up on what we learned. Astros Settle with Righty Chris Devenski According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Houston Astros and righty Chris Devenski have settled on a $1.525MM salary for the 2019 season....
When Justin Turner walloped a walk-off home run in the National League Divisional Series 29 years to the day of Kirk Gibson’s famous dinger it felt like a sign that the Dodgers were the team fated to hoist the Fall Classic Trophy. But Los Angeles was competing against a team from Houston whose destiny was etched in metal the moment their city was leveled by a devastating storm. Wednesday night,...
In a raucous Game 5 of the World Series, a walk in the park was good for a run. Seven batters given free passes crossed the plate in Houston’s dramatic 10th inning walk off win against the Dodgers to go up 3-2 heading back to Los Angeles. For the better part of five hours and 17 minutes, the camera captured a cavalcade of dejected opposing pitchers sitting in the dugout after squandering...
One manager pulled his starter too soon, the other saw his perfect closer cough up the lead and the blue crew bullpen that banked a streak of 28 scoreless innings succumbed to an Astros’ team that’s not buying into the hoopla of the Dodgers destiny. Wednesday night at Chavez Ravine Houston’s stars staged a stunning comeback to beat Los Angeles 7-6 in an 11-inning slugfest that may go...
Questionable early exits of two opposing pitchers made for Monday morning quarterbacking Tuesday night in the Bronx. New York managed to tie the series 2-2 with a 6-4 win, but not without a lot of head scratching from this lifelong baseball fan. Yankee starter Sonny Gray was in the midst of a stellar performance matching the equally impressive outing of Astros all-star Lance McCullers. After...
