HOUSTON (AP) — From pitching to hitting to playing right field, Shohei Ohtani did a little bit of everything for the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.
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Manny Machado hit a two-run homer and a three-run triple, leading the San Diego Padres to an 8-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night in Denver.
Reliever Miguel Diaz (1-0) tossed three shutout innings for San Diego, which was without Fernando Tatis Jr. The star shortstop tested positive for the coronavirus, as did Wil Myers, who was pulled from the game in the third inning. Both were placed on the COVID-19 injured list. Eric Hosmer was also removed from the game in the seventh inning due to contact tracing, and he subsequently was placed on the COVID-19 IL, as were two teammates pregame, utility men Jurickson Profar and Jorge Mateo.
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Manny Machado hit a two-run homer and a three-run triple, leading the San Diego Padres to an 8-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night in Denver.
Reliever Miguel Diaz (1-0) tossed three shutout innings for San Diego, which was without Fernando Tatis Jr. The star shortstop tested positivefor the coronavirus, as did Wil Myers, who was pulled from the game in the third inning. Both were placed on the COVID-19 injured list. Eric Hosmer was also removed from the game in the seventh inning due to contact tracing, and he subsequently was placed on the COVID-19 IL, as were two teammates pregame, utility men Jurickson Profar and Jorge Mateo.
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HOUSTON Shohei Ohtani led off the seventh inning with a single and Mike Trout followed with a walk. Lance McCullers Jr.’s gem was suddenly seeming on the rocks, but he had a plan. He turned to middle infielders Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa and told them to be ready for a double play.
McCullers couldn’t have predicted it any more accurately. He got Jared Walsh, who entered the game with seven hits in his previous 11 at-bats, to hit a grounder to Altuve at second base, starting a 4-6-3 double play that was the pivotal moment in the Astros’ 5-1 win over the Angels on Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park.
Astros look to maintain momentum vs. Angels
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Houston right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. looked the part of a budding ace on Tuesday.
He logged a season-high eight innings and matched his season high with nine strikeouts while recording the win in the host Astros 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
The triumph enabled the Astros to square the three-game series and helped McCullers snap a seven-start winless streak against an American League West rival entering Wednesday game. It was a big game, McCullers said. We re floating right above .500. It s an in-division opponent. So it s really more about getting wins against division opponents.