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Washington Post
14 hours ago
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- Washington Post
Valdez stretches winning streak to 10, Astros rally to beat Diamondbacks 3-1
PHOENIX — Framber Valdez pitched seven effective innings for his 10th straight win, Brice Matthews hit his third homer in two games and the Houston Astros rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 on Tuesday night. Valdez (11-4) allowed a run and seven hits to match Detroit's Tarik Skubal for the majors' longest win streak this season.
Al Arabiya
16 hours ago
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- Al Arabiya
Valdez stretches winning streak to 10, Astros rally to beat Diamondbacks 3-1
Framber Valdez pitched seven effective innings for his 10th straight win, Brice Matthews hit his third homer in two games, and the Houston Astros rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 on Tuesday night. Valdez (11-4) allowed a run and seven hits to match Detroit's Tarik Skubal for the major's longest win streak this season. Matthews hit his first two big league homers in Houston's 6-3 win Monday night and launched a two-run shot off Jake Woodford (0-1) in the eighth. Jose Altuve scored on a wild pitch to put Houston up 3-1 in the ninth. Diamondbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez held the Astros in check before that, tossing 6 1/3 scoreless innings. Arizona loaded the bases in the ninth, but Bryan King struck out Blaze Alexander and induced Jose Herrera into a game-ending double play for his first save. Valdez was sharp before running into trouble in the sixth. Randal Grichuk led off with a double, Geraldo Perdomo dropped a bunt single, and Blaze Alexander followed with a run-scoring groundout. Valdez also worked out of a jam after giving up two leadoff singles in the eighth. Rodriguez worked through traffic most of the night, getting some help from his defense. Corbin Carroll made a sliding catch in center to rob Matthews of a hit in the second inning. Matthews lost another hit in the fourth when Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte flipped a slow roller with his glove on a play initially ruled a hit before being overturned. Key moment: Houston third baseman Mauricio Dubón threw out pinch runner Alek Thomas at the plate in the eighth with the Diamondbacks leading 1-0. Key stat: Valdez has not lost since May 2 against the Chicago White Sox. Up next: Arizona RHP Brandon Pfaadt (10-6, 4.82) will pitch the series finale on Wednesday. The Astros have yet to name a starter.
Yahoo
17 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Valdez stretches winning streak to 10, Astros rally to beat Diamondbacks 3-1
PHOENIX (AP) — Framber Valdez pitched seven effective innings for his 10th straight win, Brice Matthews hit his third homer in two games and the Houston Astros rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 on Tuesday night. Valdez (11-4) allowed a run and seven hits to match Detroit's Tarik Skubal for the majors' longest win streak this season. Matthews hit his first two big league homers in Houston's 6-3 win Monday night and launched a two-run shot off Jake Woodford (0-1) in the eighth. Jose Altuve scored on a wild pitch to put Houston up 3-1 in the ninth. Diamondbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez held the Astros in check before that, tossing 6 1/3 scoreless innings. Arizona loaded the bases in the ninth, but Bryan King struck out Blaze Alexander and induced Jose Herrera into a game-ending double play for his first save. Valdez was sharp before running into trouble in the sixth. Randal Grichuk led off with a double, Geraldo Perdomo dropped a bunt single and Blaze Alexander followed with a run-scoring groundout. Valdez also worked out of a jam after giving up two leadoff singles in the eighth. Rodriguez worked through traffic most of the night, getting some help from his defense. Corbin Carroll made a sliding catch in center to rob Matthews of a hit in the second inning. Matthews lost another hit in the fourth when Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte flipped a slow roller with his glove on a play initially ruled a hit before being overturned. Key moment Houston third baseman Mauricio Dubón threw out pinch runner Alek Thomas at the plate in the eighth with the Diamondbacks leading 1-0. Key stat Valdez has not lost since May 2 against the Chicago White Sox. Up next Arizona RHP Brandon Pfaadt (10-6, 4.82) will pitch the series finale on Wednesday. The Astros have yet to name a starter. ___ AP MLB: John Marshall, The Associated Press
Reuters
17 hours ago
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- Reuters
Astros' Framber Valdez beats D-backs for 10th straight win
July 23 - Brice Matthews hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning, Framber Valdez won his 10th straight decision and the Houston Astros earned a 3-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday in Phoenix. Matthews followed a one-out walk to pinch hitter Taylor Trammell with a 396-foot homer to left field off Jake Woodford (0-1) for a 2-1 lead. Matthews, playing his sixth major league game, hit his first two career homers on Monday as Houston won the opener of the three-game series. Valdez (11-4) gave up one run and seven hits in seven innings to extend the majors' longest active winning streak. He has not lost since May 2, and the Astros have won all 13 of his starts since. He struck out four and walked one. Valdez tied Detroit's Tarik Skubal for the longest winning streak in the majors this season. The Diamondbacks loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth on singles by Josh Naylor, pinch hitter James McCann and Geraldo Perdomo off Bryan King. However, King rebounded to strike out Blaze Alexander, then got Jose Herrera to ground into a double play started by second baseman Matthews for his first career save. Randal Grichuk and Perdomo had three hits apiece for the D-backs, who lost their second straight game after a four-game winning streak. Grichuk scored Arizona's only run against Valdez. In the fifth inning, Grichuk led off with his second double of the night, took third on Perdomo's bunt single and came home on Alexander's groundout. Jose Altuve, Christian Walker, Yainer Diaz and Mauricio Dubon had two hits apiece for the Astros, who have won three straight. Altuve singled and scored on a bases-loaded wild pitch by Kyle Backhus to make it 3-1 in the ninth. Arizona starter Eduardo Rodriguez gave up six hits, all singles, in 6 1/3 scoreless innings, the first time he had taken a shutout into the seventh inning this season. He struck out three and walked three. Rodriguez was forced out of the game with one out in the seventh when he was struck in the right leg by Zack Short's one-hopper that caromed toward third base and went for an infield single. The Astros have won the first two games of the three-game series, giving them their first series victory since sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers from July 4-6. --Field Level Media
Associated Press
17 hours ago
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- Associated Press
Valdez stretches winning streak to 10, Astros rally to beat Diamondbacks 3-1
PHOENIX (AP) — Framber Valdez pitched seven effective innings for his 10th straight win, Brice Matthews hit his third homer in two games and the Houston Astros rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 on Tuesday night. Valdez (11-4) allowed a run and seven hits to match Detroit's Tarik Skubal for the majors' longest win streak this season. Matthews hit his first two big league homers in Houston's 6-3 win Monday night and launched a two-run shot off Jake Woodford (0-1) in the eighth. Jose Altuve scored on a wild pitch to put Houston up 3-1 in the ninth. Diamondbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez held the Astros in check before that, tossing 6 1/3 scoreless innings. Arizona loaded the bases in the ninth, but Bryan King struck out Blaze Alexander and induced Jose Herrera into a game-ending double play for his first save. Valdez was sharp before running into trouble in the sixth. Randal Grichuk led off with a double, Geraldo Perdomo dropped a bunt single and Blaze Alexander followed with a run-scoring groundout. Valdez also worked out of a jam after giving up two leadoff singles in the eighth. Rodriguez worked through traffic most of the night, getting some help from his defense. Corbin Carroll made a sliding catch in center to rob Matthews of a hit in the second inning. Matthews lost another hit in the fourth when Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte flipped a slow roller with his glove on a play initially ruled a hit before being overturned. Key moment Houston third baseman Mauricio Dubón threw out pinch runner Alek Thomas at the plate in the eighth with the Diamondbacks leading 1-0. Key stat Valdez has not lost since May 2 against the Chicago White Sox. Up next Arizona RHP Brandon Pfaadt (10-6, 4.82) will pitch the series finale on Wednesday. The Astros have yet to name a starter. ___ AP MLB:
