The Houston Astros (1-1) posted their first win of the 2023 Major League Baseball season by defeating the Chicago White Sox 6-3 (1-1) with great performances from their Latin American players.
The Cuban guy Yordan Álvarez drove in three runs with his only hit of the night. The man from Las Tunas hit a double that he hit the wall in center field when the bases were loaded with Martín Maldonado, Jeremy Peña and Alex Bregman. in the bottom of the seventh chapter to put the score 5-3.
The hit of the Silver Slugger of 2022 left at a speed of 98.1 miles per hour at a 29 degree angle and traveled 373 feet before colliding with the fence at Minute Maid Park.
the dominican Christian Xavier He was the opener and left with the game lost after giving up all three White Sox runs after leading off the sixth inning. However, he struck out six of the 23 batters he faced and walked first baseman.
the closer Rafael Monteroborn in Dominican Republic, got his first save of the year by retiring Elvis Andrus by groundout, Luis Robert by way of the punch and Andrew Benintendi with a flyout.
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Astros next game
The Astros’ next game will be the third in the series against the White Sox. and will be held tomorrow at Minute Maid Park at 1:00 p.m., Central United States time.
For fans visiting the stadium, Astros will give away Jeremy Peña bobbleheadsthe MVP of last year’s World Series.
