Houston Astros at New York Yankees

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Houston Astros

66-52, 31-28 Away

Final
7 - 1

New York Yankees

62-56, 35-24 Home

Alexander allows 1 hit in 6 innings, Altuve hits 250th career homer as Astros beat Yankees 7-1

Alexander (3-1) allowed his first hit in the sixth inning, a one-out single to Ben Rice. Alexander did not allow a run for the second straight start. He walked three, struck out three in a game in which he relied mostly on changeups and sinkers over 87 pitches.

Altuve, as designated hitter, homered to left in the first and became the 11th player whose primary position is second base to reach 250 homers.

Altuve had two hits and scored three runs, including on a double by Christian Walker in the third and on a single by Ramón Urías that fell in between shortstop Anthony Volpe and left fielder Cody Bellinger in the ninth.

Rookie Cam Smith had a two-out bases-loaded single that scored two runs in the fifth to help the Astros win for the fourth time in six games. Carlos Correa hit his second homer since being acquired from Minnesota, and Mauricio Dubón knocked in a run in the three-run ninth

Fried (12-5) allowed four runs and eight hits in five innings and lost for the third time in four starts.

The Yankees managed three hits and lost for the seventh time in nine games and were booed after the final out.

Boone was ejected for the fifth time this season after arguing a called strike on Ryan McMahon.

Key moment Bennett Sousa loaded the bases with one out in the seventh and Bryan Abreu allowed a sacrifice fly to McMahon. On the next pitch, Abreu retired Austin Wells. Abreu retired Wells, Judge and Cody Bellinger in the eighth.

Key stats Correa has five straight multi-hit games and six since rejoining Houston.

Up next Yankees RHP Will Warren (6-5, 4.44 ERA) faces Minnesota RHP Zebby Matthews (3-3, 5.17) on Monday in New York.

The Astros did not announce a starter for the opener of three-game series against visiting Boston and LHP Garrett Crochet (13-4, 2.24) on Monday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Volpe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Stanton struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Chisholm Jr. struck out looking.
	9th Inning	King relieved Abreu
	9th Inning	Dubón in left field.
	9th Inning	Urías at second base.

Statistics

HOU		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	6
10	Strikeouts	7
7	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
39	At Bats	28
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	0
20	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
174	Pitches	129
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
22	Total Bases	3
45	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
6	Extra Base Hits	0
8.7	Runs Created	0.3
.308	Batting Average	.107
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.564	Slugging Percentage	.107
.359	Secondary Average	.179
.400	On Base Percentage	.235
.964	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.342
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
8.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.3
54.0	Batter Rating	7.0
19.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.87	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.79
.256	Isolated Power	.000
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.71
.089	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.147
.051	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.071
14.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.1
99.3	MLB Rating	60.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0