Yordan Alvarez tied the game with a two-run single in the eighth inning, Corey Julks had a go-ahead pinch-hit single in the ninth, and the astros won their fourth straight, 5-2 over the Atlanta Braves!⚾astros braves kprc2 click2hou sports htx atl
Houston Astros pitcher Bryan Abreu celebrates with catcher Cesar Salazar, left, at the end of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Sunday, April 23, 2023, in Atlanta. – Yordan Alvarez tied the game with a two-run single in the eighth inning, Corey Julks had a go-ahead pinch-hit single in the ninth, and the Houston Astros won their fourth straight, 5-2 over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.
Minter allowed two batters to reach in the ninth before Julks delivered a single to left-center that gave Houston a 3-2 lead. Alex Bregman added a two-run single off Danny Young. The Braves, winners of the last five NL East titles and the 2021 World Series over Houston, lost their fourth straight game for the first time since dropping two apiece to Colorado and San Francisco from Aug. 14-18, 2021.
“I can’t be too discouraged about it because I thought I made some pretty good pitches,” he said. “They just hit ’em where we weren't, so you've got to chalk that one up and be ready to go tomorrow.”Atlanta made it 2-0 in the sixth when Ronald Acuña Jr. doubled and scored as second baseman Mauricio Dubón threw errantly to first while trying to turn a double play.
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