Several American League teams rested, including the Blue Jays, Tigers, Mariners and Royals, while the Yankees beat the White Sox 10-4. The Red Sox and Astros finished mid-week series against cellar-dwelling opponents. The Astros beat the Rockies 4-3, but Colorado had opportunities, winning the opener 6-1 and pressuring Houston across the series. Kyle Freeland started for Colorado and yielded back-to-back homers to Jose Altuve and Christian Walker. Houston added a run on a squeeze bunt by C esar Salazar after singles by Mauricio Dub n and Chas McCormick. Colorado chipped away against Jason Alexander with two singles and a fielder's choice to make it 3-1, and Ezequiel Tovar hit a solo home run.
Some American League teams who could make it to October play were off yesterday, as each of the Blue Jays, Tigers, Mariners, and Royals rested. But in addition to the Yankees' 10-4 win over the White Sox, their biggest rivals of this century were in action, with the Red Sox and Astros finishing up mid-week series against a couple cellar-dwellers. They mostly took care of business, though Houston had a bit more of an issue with the Rockies than initially expected.
The Rockies actually had a chance to steal this series in Houston on multiple occasions, as they surprisingly won the opener on Tuesday night, 6-1, behind a great start from the mysterious Tanner Gordon. But they got blanked on Wednesday, 4-0, by Framber Valdez and company, and then quickly fell behind yesterday with Colorado mainstay Kyle Freeland on the bump.
Mauricio Dubón and Chas McCormick were both on with singles when catcher César Salazar-who I legitimately had never heard of before writing this up- dropped down a squeeze bunt to bring Dubón home. Salazar in fact reached on a bad throw from Freeland, but the veteran settled down from there. He stranded the runners in scoring position on a shallow fly ball from Jeremy Peña and a Carlos Correa popup.
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