Jose Siri sparked the Astros with a hustle double that started a two-out rally, Michael Brantley drove him home two batters later and Houston went clutch to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 on Tuesday night. LevelUp FortheH HTX KPRC2
Houston Astros Jose Siri, left, scores on a base hit by Michael Brantley during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in Phoenix as Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Jose Herrera, right, waits for the throw. – Jose Siri could have been content with a single in the ninth inning. For better or worse, that’s just not the way he plays the game.
“I knew it was a risk,” Siri said of his dash to second. “But sometimes, you’ve got to take risks to win games.” Jose Altuve followed with a walk and then Brantley pounced on the first pitch, slicing a single into left field for his third hit of the game to score Siri.Ryan Pressly handled the bottom of the ninth for his third save, working around a leadoff single by Seth Beer. Pressly struck out Carson Kelly on a high fastball to end it.
Siri, batting ninth, gave the Astros a 1-0 lead in the fifth with a 456-foot homer that landed on the concourse in left-center.
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