The Houston Astros silenced the Yankees bats, and the Yankee fans in the American League Wild Card game. Strong pitching performances from Houston starter Dallas Keuchel and the bullpen combined to shutout out New York 3-0, and has moved the Astros into the American League Division Series.
Keuchel, pitching on only three
days’ rest, threw six innings, allowing three hits, struck out seven while
allowing only one walk. In three innings of relief, Houston’s bullpen allowed
no hits and only one walk, overpowering the Yankee batters, leaving the fans at
Yankee Stadium to boo their team out of frustration. New York outfielder Brett
Gardner drew the most ire after striking out three times against Keuchel, then
weakly grounding out in the eighth.
Closer Luke Gregerson pitched a perfect
ninth inning for the save. He struck out Carlos Beltran, Alex Rodriguez then
got Bryan McCann to ground out to short to end the game.
The Astros offense was provided
by solo home runs from outfielder Colby Rasmus (in the second inning) and
Carlos Gomez (in the fourth), both off of Yankee starter Masahiro Tanaka. The
third run came in the seventh courtesy of a Jose Altuve single that scored
Jonathan Villar.
Houston will now advance to the
ALDS against the AL Central champion Kansas City Royals. The series will get
underway on Thursday evening at Kaufman Stadium in KC.
As for the Yankees, their
miserable second half comes to an end and no doubt they will look to the off
season as another chance to spend ridiculous amounts of money to lure free
agents to the team in their attempt to get back to the World Series.
The National League Wild Card,
featuring the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, is set to begin at 8
p.m. eastern on Wednesday night.
This Day In Baseball
History: October 7, 1935
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| Detroit pitcher Tommy Bridges |
It
was on this day in 1935 that the Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-3
in Game 6, to win their first World Series Championship. The Tigers scored the
winning run in the bottom of the ninth at Tiger Stadium (then known as Navin
Field) when Goose Goslin singled in Mickey Cochrane.
The Tigers won despite being
without their best player, Hank Greenberg, who broke his wrist in a Game 2
collision with Cubs’ catcher Gabby Hartnett. Greenberg hit Detroit’s only home
run of the series when he connected in the second game.
The Tigers were led, in the
series, by Pete Fox who batted .385, had ten hits and drove in four runs,
Charlie Gehringer, .375, four runs scored and four RBIs, and by Cochrane who
batted .292, and scored three runs.
The pitching staff was led by
Tommy Bridges who won two games, including the deciding game, posted 3.51
ERA and struck out nine batters over 18 innings.
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