Houston Astros at New York Yankees

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Houston Astros

67-67, 34-32 Away

Final
5 - 1

New York Yankees

75-58, 34-30 Home

Christian Walker and Jeremy Peña power the Astros to a 5-1 win over Gerrit Cole and the Yankees

Astros starter Hayden Wesneski (4-1) allowed one run and three hits in five-plus innings against the team that drafted him in 2019 and traded him to the Chicago Cubs in 2022 for reliever Scott Effross.

Houston (67-67) took two of three at Yankee Stadium and leads the AL West by one game over Texas.

Walker broke an 0-for-11 skid with a single in the second and homered on Cole’s 1-0 curveball for a 3-0 lead in the fifth. He doubled off Justin Topa in the eighth and scored when the Yankees committed two errors on one play.

Yainer Diaz's grounder caromed off George Lombard Jr.’s glove for the rookie shortstop’s seventh error in 20 career games. The ball ricocheted to third baseman José Caballero and he was charged with a throwing error for his wild toss to first as Walker scored Houston’s fifth run.

Lombard became the first Yankees shortstop since Roger Peckinpaugh in 1915 to commit an error in six straight games.

Peña was hit in the hand by a pitch from Cole and scored on Isaac Paredes' single before homering in the seventh off Yerry de los Santos.

Cole (7-7) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings. He struck out five and issued his only walk to Daulton Varsho before Walker went deep.

Ben Rice scored New York’s lone run on a sacrifice fly by Cody Bellinger off Steven Okert in the sixth.

Heading into a pivotal four-game series against the rival Red Sox, the Yankees (75-58) lost for only the third time in 10 games. New York trails first-place Tampa Bay by four games in the AL East and leads Boston by two for the top American League wild card.

Josh Hader completed the five-hitter after the Astros announced former pitching coach Brent Strom will rejoin the team as a pitching consultant Friday.

Up next Astros RHP Hunter Brown (3-3, 3.51 ERA) opens a three-game series at Citi Field against Mets RHP Christian Scott (4-3, 3.73) on Friday.

Yankees RHP Cam Schlittler (11-6, 2.16 ERA) pitches Friday against Boston LHP Patrick Sandoval (1-2, 4.54).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rosario flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Rosario hit for Chisholm Jr.
	9th Inning	Ramos struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ramos hit for Jones
	9th Inning	Lombard Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Blubaugh

Statistics

HOU		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	6
8	Strikeouts	11
4	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
37	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
127	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
16	Total Bases	8
41	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
5.3	Runs Created	1.8
.243	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.432	Slugging Percentage	.258
.243	Secondary Average	.226
.317	On Base Percentage	.206
.750	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.464
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.8
35.0	Batter Rating	15.5
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.10	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.21
.189	Isolated Power	.097
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.049	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.065
9.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
85.0	MLB Rating	66.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0