Yainer Diaz belted his first profession walk-off house run with one out within the ninth inning because the Houston Astros overcame an error-prone efficiency and claimed a 5-4 win over the visiting Boston Crimson Sox on Monday.
Diaz drilled a first-pitch cutter from Crimson Sox nearer Kenley Jansen (3-2) 401 ft to left-center discipline. It marked the 14th house run of the season for Diaz and made a winner of Astros nearer Josh Hader (6-6), who labored an ideal high of the ninth.
The Astros clawed again from a 4-2 deficit courtesy of a Jon Singleton sacrifice fly within the sixth inning and an RBI single from Mauricio Dubon within the eighth. The latter hit scored Chas McCormick, who singled and swiped second base whereas batting in the identical spot within the order as Singleton.
Boston’s Masataka Yoshida snapped a 2-2 impasse with a two-run pinch-hit homer within the high of the sixth.
Yoshida greeted Astros reliever Tayler Scott with an opposite-field blast into the left discipline seats above the out-of-town scoreboard. His ninth house run plated Romy Gonzalez, who reached on a throwing error by second baseman Jose Altuve main off the body. Yoshida pinch-hit for Connor Wong, who was 0-for-2 with a strikeout in opposition to Astros left-hander Yusei Kikuchi.
Kikuchi departed following back-to-back strikeouts of Danny Jansen and Triston Casas. His protection did him no favors. Houston dedicated a season-high 4 errors with Kikuchi on the mound, and Kikuchi was charged with three runs — one earned — on 5 hits over 5 2/3 innings. He fanned seven and walked one.
Jarren Duran pounced on the primary pitch of the sport, a Kikuchi fastball, drilling his sixteenth house run to left discipline. Boston doubled the lead later within the inning when Astros third baseman Shay Whitcomb mishandled a two-out grounder from Jansen, enabling Rafel Devers to attain from second base.
Kikuchi pitched round a fielding error by shortstop Jeremy Pena within the second inning and a throwing error by catcher Victor Caratini within the fifth. He induced double-play grounders from Rob Refsnyder within the third and Wong within the fourth to maintain his pitch rely in test regardless of the wobbly protection.
Boston starter Tanner Houck yielded three runs (two earned) on eight hits in six innings. He struck out eight with out issuing a stroll.
–Subject Degree Media
