The Houston Astros have quietly stormed again from a brutal begin to the season to lastly take sole possession of first place within the AL West after a 4-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night time.
The win was highlighted by one steller dwelling run theft, and the Astros’ outfielder took the prospect to ship Mariners famous person Julio Rodriguez a playful message after taking his dwelling run away.
With the Astros up 4-2 within the backside of the eighth inning, Rodriguez despatched a fly ball deep to proper discipline that appeared to be headed to the bleachers for his second dwelling run of the night time, however Trey Cabbage leaped to make the catch on the wall earlier than throwing up Julio’s patented “no fly zone” celebration.
Trey Cabbage robs Julio Rodriguez of a house run then gave Julio a dose of his personal drugs with the no fly zone message and Julio laughed about it. pic.twitter.com/AHxEAqncgB
Rodriguez laughed on the gesture and gave respect to Cabbage for the nice catch in a show of excellent sportsmanship, as Julio is aware of precisely what it seems like to remove a house run.
Julio hit a two-run shot within the sixth inning to present the Mariners a 2-1 lead, however they gave it proper again within the seventh on a two-run shot by Jake Meyers to place Houston up 3-2 and provides the Astros the lead for good.
Cabbage hasn’t achieved a lot on the plate and has only a .637 OPS this season, however his glove has helped earn his method into the lineup whereas Kyle Tucker works his method again from an harm.
The Mariners have now misplaced 5 in a row en path to relinquishing first place within the division, they usually’ll attempt to keep away from a sweep on Sunday.