The Crawfish Boxes Sep 19, 2022
Are we witnessing Yuli Gurriel’s final regular-season games with the Astros?
Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Gurriel, now 38 years old, will be a free agent after the World Series. The Astros should let him go. Yuli Gurriel has been an asset for the Houston Astros. He’s been a consistent, productive player since he arrived at the Major Leagues, won a batting title, his defense was worth a Gold Glove a year ago, and he’s become one of the most beloved players in the Astros’ environment in recent history. But, as life itself, everything has come to an end, right? And the 2022 season, no matter how it rounds up for Houston, should be the...
The Crawfish Boxes Sep 13, 2022
Hunter Brown Leads Astros to a 6-3 Win Over the Tigers
Photo by Duane Burleson/ Homers by Alvarez, Tucker, and Gurriel more than enough pop behind Brown Another strong showing by rookie Hunter Brown and some home run punch by Yordan Alvarez, Kyle Tucker, and Yuli Gurriel gave the Astros their third straight win and series victory in Detroit by the score of 6-3. The Astros put on a clinic on how to score runs with two outs in the first three innings of tonight’s game against Tiger starter Drew Hutchinson. With two outs and nobody on in the first, Yordan Alvarez hit his second homer in two nights and his 33rd of the season...
The Crawfish Boxes Sep 10, 2022
Los Angeles Angels 6, Houston Astros 1
Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports The Astros came up short against the Angels on Saturday night. The Astros and the Angels played the second game of a three-game set at Minute Maid Park with 38,533 in the house on Saturday night. Taylor Ward got to Houston starter José Urquidy quickly, driving in Mike Trout with a one-out single in the first inning for a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the first, Jose Altuve scored the tying run after singling, taking second on a wild pitch, and coming home on a Yuli Gurriel single. Anaheim made quick work of the newly retied contest,...
