Astros bring out their heavy artillery and beat the Twins 9-1

With this victory the Astros (2-1) were one win away from winning the American League Division Series, which is played in the best of five games.

Abreu, who finished the game with five RBIs and two runs scored, joined Álvarez, who hit two home runs in the first game of this series, as the players who have hit two home runs for the Astros in the current postseason.

For his part, Álvarez has hit the ball out of the park in each of the three games against the Twins, with four home runs and six RBIs.

Javier (1-0) gave the Astros another good performance in the postseason, throwing five scoreless innings, striking out nine and allowing only one hit.

Javier’s previous exit in the postseason was his last World serieswhen he pitched six hitless innings en route to a combined no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies.

In his last three appearances at this stage of the season, Javier has amassed 16.1 innings without allowing any runs, compiling a 3-0 record and a 0.00 earned run percentage allowed.

The Astros wasted no time scoring four runs in the first inning off Twins starter Sonny Gray.

The first race pushed her Kyle Tucker with a single to leftfield, bringing in Venezuelan José Altuve.

Abreu was in charge of continuing the Houston team’s high-powered offense, with a full return shot to the left field wing, dragging fellow countrymen Yordan Álvarez and Tucker to the plate, giving the team a four-run lead ( 0-4). Astros.

The game remained scoreless until the top of the fifth inning, when Bregman deposited the ball in left field at Target Field in Minnesota, with no runners on base.

The sixth score among those led by Dusty Baker It landed in the Dominican’s legs Jeremy Penawho scored by Bregman in center field in the sixth inning.

The Twins, who blew a bases-loaded situation against Javier in the third and fifth inning, responded by scoring a comeback in the bottom of the sixth, thanks to an unstoppable hit in center field from Puerto Rican Willi Castro, who led his fellow countryman Carlos Correa to the doorbell.

Source: El heraldo

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