Alex Verdugo homered and tied a career high with four RBIs, powering the New York Yankees past Justin Verlander and the skidding Houston Astros 10-3. Anthony Volpe and Giancarlo Stanton also went deep off Verlander as the Yankees won their fourth straight game. Volpe finished with three RBIs and Juan Soto had three hits.
New York Yankees ’ Alex Verdugo hits a three-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros , Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in New York. New York Yankees ’ Alex Verdugo , left, celebrates with Juan Soto , center, after hitting a three-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros , Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in New York.
Anthony Volpe and Giancarlo Stanton also went deep off Verlander as the Yankees won their fourth straight game. Volpe finished with three RBIs and Juan Soto had three hits. Verdugo accounted for New York’s first four runs with a three-run homer in the first and an RBI single in the third against Verlander . The three-time Cy Young Award winner lasted five innings and gave up seven runs — the second-most he’s allowed in 37 regular-season and postseason starts versus the Yankees. He yielded eight runs in Detroit’s 13-9 loss on Sept. 1, 2008.Volpe hit a two-run homer in the fourth. Stanton led off the fifth with a 421-foot drive to left field that was clocked at 118.
Luis Gil allowed just one hit — Kyle Tucker’s first-inning homer — and walked four with five strikeouts over six innings.Marcell Ozuna delivers run-scoring single in 8th as Braves end 3-game skid, beat Red Sox 4-2Trey Cabbage had a two-run single in the ninth for the Astros, who have lost three straight to fall to 12-23 — tied for the fifth-worst record through 35 games in franchise history.Astros: DH Yordan Alvarez remained in the game after fouling a ball off his left leg in the third.
Yankees: RHP Gerrit Cole threw in the bullpen for the second time since he was injured in mid-March. … INF Oswald Peraza began a rehab assignment by going 2 for 3 with a home run for Class A Tampa. New York manager Aaron Boone said Peraza, who has yet to play this season, will need a spring training-like ramp up of minor league games before returning to the Yankees. … RHP Nick Burdi struck out all three batters he faced in his first rehab appearance for Triple-A Scranton.
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