Bradford held Houston to two hits and helped snap the Astros’ eight-game winning streak in Arlington.
Texas Rangers pitcher Cody Bradford and Texas Rangers catcher Jonah Heim walk together to the bench after the top of the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros at Globe Life Field, Friday, April 5, 2024 in Arlington.ARLINGTON — It does not logically compute. Everything we know — both statistical and anecdotal — about the following situation says so, at least.on Friday night, ran a 90 mile per hour fastball past big, bad Yordan Alvarez for a whiff and a strikeout.
Yeah, kind of. Houston scored 23 runs in three playoff games at Globe Life Field last October, and totaled 39 in a three-game September series in Arlington. Bradford, though, may be most impervious to the Astros’ sting. Here’s how it went the next time Bradford faced Alvarez on Friday. He used a high fastball to force Alvarez into a popout in the first inning. He threw him four pitches in the fourth; a fastball and changeup for called strikes, a curveball for a foul and a high fastball for a swing-and-a-miss. Bradford faced Alvarez for a third time in the sixth and used a high fastball to elicit a popout.
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