Gomez, Gattis lead Keuchel and Astros to testy rout of Yanks

Gomez busted out of a hitting slump and rankled the Yankees with his flashy style.

“I felt like I was attacking the hitters really well tonight”, Eovaldi said. I only care how my team feels. I know you missed a pitch and you are frustrated by it. … Gomez turned toward the New York dugout following his sixth-inning fly and appeared to say “shut up” several times.

Mark Teixeira, back in after a week off resting a bone bruise on his right leg and who sounded unsure if he’d be able to play Wednesday afternoon said: “The guy’s a good pitcher”. “I’m hopeful”, Girardi said.

Both bullpens ran on to the field, but neither group made it to the infield. Houston manager A.J. Hinch along with C Jason Castro and 2B Jose Altuve met with Major League Baseball executive Joe Torre before the game. Each bench was given a warning, but no players were thrown out of the game.

The 25-year-old Eovaldi entered the game 8-0 with a 3.29 ERA in his previous 11 starts and honoured those numbers against the AL West-leading Astros, allowing four hits and three walks in eight shutout innings.

And in September 2013, McCann – then the Braves’ catcher – blocked Gomez’s path to home after Gomez cavalierly flipped his bat on a home run and jawed with Atlanta players as he rounded the bases. The speedster slid headfirst into second with his first extra-base hit in 18 games and pointed toward his own dugout. “He plays hard but there have been a number of clubs who have taken exception to some of the things he has done on the field”.

We have to give credit to the Yankees for not throwing at him during his next at-bat.

New York scratched out a run in the ninth this time against Vince Velasquez. The pitchers they expected to do well either haven’t or have been hurt, and now they’re somehow being led by journeyman Nathan Eovaldi and rookie Luis Severino.

Dallas Keuchel picked up his 15th win with seven scoreless innings as the Astros trounced the Yankees 15-1 on Tuesday.

“Honestly, these type of games at the end of the year, we’re in a pennant race obviously, so you want to put up a zero no matter what”, Feldman said.

The Astros need a strong start from Keuchel tonight to reverse their pattern of tough outcomes in road games.

By slightly expanding Houston’s sample size from their last 10 games to their last 19 games the offensive ineptitude becomes even more apparent. He will take batting practice again Tuesday and could start a rehab assignment next week…. He has been out since July 2.

Tomorrow the Astros and Yankees go back at it in the second game of this three-game set. But he barely jogged to first on a fourth-inning groundout and was removed in the seventh. I got a lot of stuff – it’s not to show up anybody. “The running is still a little bit of a struggle”, he said…. Suddenly it’s 2-0 Astros and Nova’s already thrown 25 pitches while getting just those two outs.

Gardner led off the inning with a walk and went to second on a wild pitch. Collin McHugh gets the ball, and he’s 13-7 with a 3.96 ERA and 128 strikeouts this season. The Astros have won five of their last seven when scoring three or less runs.