Nine Consecutive Balls From Bryan Abreu and Houston Fans Are Absolutely Losing It Right Now
Boom! Talk about drama in the Emerald City, even if it wasn't our guys out there tonight! The Milwaukee Brewers just pulled off a wild comeback, rallying past the Houston Astros 5-4 in 10 innings on Friday night. Christian Yelich, man, that dude’s wheels set up the winning run in the top of the tenth after a daring dash to third on a shallow flyout, then he scored on Brice Turang’s sacrifice fly off Astros reliever Alimber Santa. What a way to kick off an interleague series!
Houston's Early Power Display and a Monster Shot
Things actually started looking pretty sweet for Houston, who grabbed that early advantage. Cam Smith absolutely crushed a solo homer, a 419-foot missile to left-center off Brewers starter Coleman Crow in the bottom of the second, breaking the scoreless tie. That was his sixth homer already. Milwaukee pulled even briefly with a leadoff homer from David Hamilton in the third, but Smith wasn't done! He cranked an RBI double to right-center in the fourth, scoring Yordan Alvarez and pushing the Astros up 2-1. Jake Meyers followed with a run-scoring double that scored Christian Walker, and Nick Allen drove in Braden Shewmake with a sac fly. Crow got tagged for four runs, though only two were earned, on four hits and two walks with one strikeout over four innings. Houston was up three runs! But hold up, this game was just getting started.
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You wanna talk about a turning point? It all went sideways for the Astros in the eighth. Jackson Chourio blasted a two-run homer to left-center off Houston starter Kai-Wei Teng in the fifth, pulling Milwaukee closer. Then, in the eighth, Brewers brought the heat against Astros reliever Bryan Abreu. And let me tell you, Abreu had a rough outing. He only got one out, but not before throwing nine consecutive balls to start his appearance! You read that right, NINE! He walked Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang on four pitches each. After a called strike to William Contreras, whose flyout moved runners to the corners, Abreu was pulled. Astros closer Bryan King came in to try and hold the one-run lead, but Jake Bauers delivered a run-scoring groundout that tied the game at 4-4. That's how you erase a three-run lead, folks! Abner Uribe then came up huge in the bottom of the ninth, retiring pinch-hitter Brice Matthews and Isaac Paredes with the bases loaded. Talk about clutch!
Trevor Megill locked it down in the tenth for his seventh save, after Uribe (3-2) grabbed the win. The Brewers just stole Game 1 in Houston. You know the Astros are gonna be fuming after that one, especially with Abreu’s wildness costing them big. This series is already looking like a must-watch, and you can bet both teams are gonna bring the fire for Game 2 tomorrow. Let's see if the Brewers can keep that momentum going, or if Houston comes back swinging!
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