Six wins in seven, and the bats are spreading it around
Thirty-two runs in seven games, on a .228 average. That is New York right now: not pretty, but relentless. The Yankees have won six of those seven, the latest an 8-3 handling of Toronto at home behind 11 hits and four walks.
Trent Grisham went deep in the eighth. He had already drawn the bases-loaded walk that cracked the game open in the sixth. Six homers now, and a .300 clip over his last 13 games. Ben Rice chipped in a two-run single and has reached base nine times in 23 plate appearances across five games.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. had two hits, one of them a homer, and is 6 for 17 in his last five. Rookie Spencer Jones is hitting .308 through 11 games after an RBI double Sunday. Cody Bellinger returned from a left hamstring strain and singled.
“These are the best games, the ones where everyone chips in, and that was clearly the case today,” manager Aaron Boone said.
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Nine losses in 14, and six of them by three runs or fewer
Houston arrive in the Bronx at 5-9 since August 8. The margins tell the story better than the record does: six of those defeats came by three runs or fewer. The Astros just dropped back-to-back one-run games at home to the Athletics, and they have parted ways with general manager Dana Brown.
Houston’s pitching staff carries a 5.04 ERA over its last 14 games. On Sunday the bullpen coughed up a six-run lead in a 7-6 loss.
“We’ve let games get away from us,” first baseman Christian Walker said. “We’re better than that. We should expect more from ourselves.”
Jose Altuve is hitting .303 over his last nine games and Isaac Paredes .345 across 15. Yordan Alvarez sits on 36 home runs with a .320 average, though only one of those homers has come in his last 15 outings. Opponents keep pitching around him anyway. He was walked intentionally three times Sunday, pushing his season total to 28. Jeff Bagwell’s franchise record, set in 1997, was 27.
Tuesday: a struggling righty against a rookie making start number two
Will Warren (8-6, 4.43 ERA) takes the ball for New York. The right-hander has gone 1-5 with a 5.77 ERA over his last 13 appearances, including a second straight no-decision Wednesday in Baltimore. Career numbers against Houston look better: 1-0, 3.27 ERA in two starts.
Rookie Ethan Pecko (0-0, 4.91) goes for the Astros in his second big league outing. He allowed two runs on three hits across 3 2/3 innings against the Angels, needing 89 pitches to get there.
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