Houston 7, NY Yankees 4
When: 1:05 PM ET, Thursday, May 6, 2021
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature:
60°
Umpires:
Home -
Dan Iassogna, 1B -
Andy Fletcher, 2B -
Jose Navas, 3B -
Jeremie Rehak
Attendance:
10042
By Field Level Media
Jose Altuve celebrated his 31st birthday by hitting a go-ahead three-run homer with one out in the eighth inning, lifting the Houston Astros to a 7-4 victory over the New York Yankees Thursday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
The Astros salvaged the finale of the emotionally-charged series thanks to Altuve, whose second hit of the day gave Houston a 5-3 lead.
The Astros had runners at first and third against Chad Green (0-3) when Altuve came up to another round of profane chants from the limited capacity crowd. After fouling off a fastball, the second baseman hammered a full-count fastball into the left-field seats.
It was Altuve's second homer of the season and first since April 8 against Oakland.
Yordan Alvarez hit solo homers in consecutive at-bats off former Astros ace Gerrit Cole as the Astros snapped a three-game losing streak. Martin Maldonado added a two-run homer in the ninth.
Giancarlo Stanton homered for the second straight game in the third and Clint Frazier hit a two-run homer in the fourth, but the Yankees saw their winning streak halted at five games and lost for the fourth time in 14 games since falling to 6-11 on April 21.
After Stanton homered off an advertisement in back of the Yankee bullpen beyond the center-field fence in the third, Frazier gave the Yankees a 3-1 lead by homering into the right-field seats in the fourth.
Cole allowed two runs on five hits in seven innings in his first encounter with the Astros since leaving Houston as a free agent after the 2019 season. He struck out four, walked none, marking his fourth straight start without issuing a free pass.
Houston right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. allowed three runs on six hits in six innings. He struck out eight and walked four, including three in the opening inning when he escaped a bases-loaded jam.
Andre Scrubb (1-0) pitched a scoreless seventh, and Ryan Pressly got a double play to end the eighth after allowing a base hit to Aaron Hicks. Pressly converted his fifth save by getting Stanton to hit into a game-ending double play that third baseman Alex Bregman made a diving stop on.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston |
|
NY Yankees |
Lance McCullers Jr. |
Player |
Gerrit Cole
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
6.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
8 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
6 |
Hits |
5 |
4.50 |
ERA |
2.57 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Houston
|
10 |
4 |
22 |
.286 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
NY Yankees
|
9 |
2 |
16 |
.265 |
19 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |