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08/27 21:20 CDT Christian Walker and Jeremy Pea power the Astros to a 5-1 win
over Gerrit Cole and the Yankees
Christian Walker and Jeremy Pea power the Astros to a 5-1 win over Gerrit Cole
and the Yankees
By LARRY FLEISHER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Christian Walker had three hits, including a two-run homer
off Gerrit Cole in the sixth inning, and Jeremy Pea added a solo shot to power
the Houston Astros to a 5-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday night.
Astros starter Hayden Wesneski (4-1) allowed one run and three hits in
five-plus innings against the team that drafted him in 2019 and traded him to
the Chicago Cubs in 2022 for reliever Scott Effross.
Houston (67-67) took two of three at Yankee Stadium and leads the AL West by
one game over Texas.
Walker broke an 0-for-11 skid with a single in the second and homered on Cole's
1-0 curveball for a 3-0 lead in the fifth. He doubled off Justin Topa in the
eighth and scored when the Yankees committed two errors on one play.
Yainer Diaz's grounder caromed off George Lombard Jr.'s glove for the rookie
shortstop's seventh error in 20 career games. The ball ricocheted to third
baseman Jos Caballero and he was charged with a throwing error for his wild
toss to first as Walker scored Houston's fifth run.
Lombard became the first Yankees shortstop since Roger Peckinpaugh in 1915 to
commit an error in six straight games.
Pea was hit in the hand by a pitch from Cole and scored on Isaac Paredes'
single before homering in the seventh off Yerry de los Santos.
Cole (7-7) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings. He struck out five
and issued his only walk to Daulton Varsho before Walker went deep.
Ben Rice scored New York's lone run on a sacrifice fly by Cody Bellinger off
Steven Okert in the sixth.
Heading into a pivotal four-game series against the rival Red Sox, the Yankees
(75-58) lost for only the third time in 10 games. New York trails first-place
Tampa Bay by four games in the AL East and leads Boston by two for the top
American League wild card.
Josh Hader completed the five-hitter after the Astros announced former pitching
coach Brent Strom will rejoin the team as a pitching consultant Friday.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (3-3, 3.51 ERA) opens a three-game series at Citi Field
against Mets RHP Christian Scott (4-3, 3.73) on Friday.
Yankees RHP Cam Schlittler (11-6, 2.16 ERA) pitches Friday against Boston LHP
Patrick Sandoval (1-2, 4.54).
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