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07/07 21:05 CDT Jose Altuve homers, Nick Allen drives in 3 as the Astros beat
the Nationals 6-3
Jose Altuve homers, Nick Allen drives in 3 as the Astros beat the Nationals 6-3
By PATRICK STEVENS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Jose Altuve homered, Nick Allen drove in a season-high
three runs and the Houston Astros beat the Washington Nationals 6-3 on Tuesday
night.
Christian Vzquez drove in two for Houston, which has won three of four.
James Wood hit his 25th home run for Washington, which lost for the third time
in four games. The Nationals left 11 men on base and were 0 for 7 with runners
in scoring position.
Houston trailed 2-1 before a three-run fourth inning against Andrew Alvarez.
After the Astros loaded the bases with one out, Allen slapped a two-run single
to left. After Brice Matthews and Allen executed a double steal, Matthews
scored on Vzquez's sacrifice fly.
Vzquez chased Alvarez (2-2) with an RBI single in the sixth. Alvarez allowed
five runs on four hits and five walks in 5 2/3 innings.
Altuve homered with two outs in the eighth into the visitor's bullpen, where
teammate Bryan Abreu caught it between warmup pitches. It was Altuve's 10th
homer of the year, and his second in two nights.
Nationals pinch hitter Jos Tena homered in the ninth against Alimber Santa.
Wood singled, and after Santa struck out Andrs Chaparro, the Astros summoned
closer Josh Hader. Curtis Mead's single and CJ Abrams' walk loaded the bases,
but Hader struck out pinch hitter Dylan Crews to earn his 10th save.
Steven Okert (2-1) struck out three in 1 1/3 innings for Houston.
Wood drove Tatsuya Imai's slider to right-center for his major league-best
eighth leadoff homer of the season. Wood is the first Nationals player with
consecutive 25-homer seasons since Bryce Harper in 2017-18.
Allen's sacrifice fly tied it in the second. Washington reclaimed the lead on
Abrams' sacrifice fly in the third.
Imai allowed two runs and struck out three in 3 2/3 innings.
Up next
Houston RHP Spencer Arrighetti (7-4, 3.81 ERA) faces Washington LHP Foster
Griffin (9-2, 2.87) as the three-game series concludes Wednesday.
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