Defending champion Houston and the Arizona Diamondbacks advanced in the Major League Baseball playoffs on Wednesday while Philadelphia smashed a record-tying six home runs to defeat Atlanta.
Jose Abreu belted a two-run homer and Michael Brantley hit a solo homer for Houston, who won 3-2 at Minnesota to reach the American League Championship Series for a seventh consecutive campaign.The Astros defeated Minnesota 3-1 in their best-of-five AL second-round series to book a berth against the Texas Rangers in the best-of-seven ALCS, which starts on Sunday at Houston. Texas swept out Baltimore earlier.
Arizona had solo homers in the third inning from Geraldo Perdomo, Ketel Marte, Christian Walker and Gabriel Moreno to take a 4-0 edge. The Diamondbacks, in the last four for the first time since 2007, await either Atlanta or Philadelphia in the NL Championship Series that starts Monday. At Minneapolis, Royce Lewis smashed a solo homer off Houston’s Jose Urquidy in the first inning, but Brantley answered with a solo homer in the second to equalize.
“It was good. Just trying to set the tone at home,” Harper said. “We just tried to put pressure on them early. This was a really good win.” The tough loss against the UP Fighting Maroons seemingly lit a fire under the NU Bulldogs as they vented their ire on the...
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