Houston hit four homers, including two from José Abreu and another from Yordan Álvarez, in a 9-1 rout over Minnesota. Here are our takeaways from Game 3.
sweeper was an unhittable pitch. Houston's game plan Tuesday was clear as soon as the first inning: attack the sweeper and remove that edge. It helped, then, that Gray couldn't execute his best asset when it mattered most. The Astros put this one away early with a 9-1 win in Game 3 of the American League Division Series. The Twins, unable to capitalize on their chances, are on the brink of elimination at Target Field.2020 wild-card game against the A's.
He crushed Gray's sweeper — which looked more like an 84 mph meatball — 442 feet to left field for a jolting three-run blast. The instant 4-0 lead was a merciless reminder that the Astros are used to wrecking havoc on the road. Abreu added another blast in the ninth — a two-run shot this time — as a bonus, finishing the day with two homers and five RBIs.
An honorable mention goes to Álvarez for his fourth home run in three playoff games. The man can crush dingers like no one else in the game right now. He added two doubles and was originally awarded one in the first before it was changed to an error. We will remember his postseason exploits for a long, long time.in Game 4 of the World Series at the turbulent Citizens Bank Park — and with Houston trailing two games to one.
On Tuesday, Javier limited the Twins to one hit — one! — over five innings and registered nine strikeouts along the way. Though Javier allowed traffic in all but one of his five frames, he was composed and in control the entire outing. His signature moment arrived in the fifth inning, when he escaped a bases-loaded jam with a pair of strikeouts against the heart of the Twins' order. The right-hander frozeThe Twins really weren't as out of the game as the final score would suggest.
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