{"id":453951,"date":"2023-08-05T16:32:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=453951"},"modified":"2023-08-05T16:32:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T20:32:11","slug":"yankees-defeat-astros-3-1-in-verlanders-2nd-debut-for-houston","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/yankees-defeat-astros-3-1-in-verlanders-2nd-debut-for-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees defeat Astros 3-1 in Verlander&#8217;s 2nd debut for Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees came out on top against the Houston Astros 3-1 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The headline of the game was Justin Verlander 2nd debut for Houston and he tipped it off with pitching seven innings and allowing a go-ahead home run to Jake Bauers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Weekend Win. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RepBX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RepBX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eBbHQBc73m\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/eBbHQBc73m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Yankees (@Yankees) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yankees\/status\/1687909198732972032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe veteran allowed seven hits, his second most this season and lost a regular-season start to the Yankees for the first time since June 19, 2015, with Detroit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Quality <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JVDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JVDay<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FoXuBX0Vgj\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/FoXuBX0Vgj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Houston Astros (@astros) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/astros\/status\/1687901976426606592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Volpe lifted a sacrifice fly in the second against Verlander for the Yankees, who won for the third time in four games, a stark contrast to their sloppy season.. Gleyber Torres added a homer to open the eighth off Kendall Graveman.<\/p>\n<p>Jose Altuve hit his 200th career homer off Nestor Cortes in the third, but that was Houston\u2019s only hit off the Yankees left-hander.<\/p>\n<p>Returning Cortes had a season-high eight strikeouts, walked one and threw 64 pitches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees came out on top against the Houston Astros 3-1 on Saturday. 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