Matijevic homers for 1st MLB hit, Astros beat White Sox 4-3: KPRC2
J. Matijevic homered for his first major league hit and Mauricio Dubón added a two-run shot to power the Houston Astros to a 4-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday night.
Ryan Pressly walked the leadoff batter in the ninth before retiring the next three to get his 13th save.with two outs in the fourth inning.The 26-year-old, who was playing in his sixth major league game, blew bubbles as he rounded the bases and got a big hug from a delighted José Altuve as he approached the dugout.
“I was planning on giving the kid a signed bat because that’s all that I would have wanted," Matijevic said. “But man, he’s the best negotiator I've ever seen." “I think it went well," he said in Spanish through a translator. “I was just trying to stay more focused than I have in the past and I was able to accomplish that and stay in the game.”
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