#155---NYA @ HOU, 4/9/2019

Not that a typical Yankees/Astros game in recent years wouldn’t be interesting, but this one definitely looks more interesting in retrospect after the scandal and given that Gerrit Cole, who started this game for Houston, is now in the Bronx. A few plays in this game to note, mostly for the scoring:

* The New York third ended when Brett Gardner bunted into a double play, catcher – short – first

* Jose Altuve’s third inning homer was the 100^th of his career

* In the home eighth, Alex Bregman struck out swinging, but Austin Romine couldn’t handle it and he reached on a passed ball. Aledmys Diaz pinch-ran after the second pitch of Brantley’s at bat – I don’t recall what happened and didn’t note it, but I’m assuming it was some kind of injury scare. You can see that the substitution happened after the second pitch because I noted “PR Diaz 4-8 (AB)”, meaning that Diaz pinch ran during the 8^th inning at bat of the fourth place hitter, with “AB” indicating “after B” – that is, after the second pitch of the at bat.