By Brian McTaggart Rick Ankiel, Chris Carter and Marwin Gonzalez each went deep, giving the Astros eight homers in two days as they powered to their first series victory of the season. Carter finished the set in Seattle 8-for-15 with three long balls and five RBIs.
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By Brian McTaggart Astros shortstop Marwin Gonzalez didn’t have much time to think about the way Rangers starter Yu Darvish had retired teammates Jason Castro and Carlos Corporan on three pitches to start the ninth inning Tuesday night to get within an out of a perfect game, but he had one thought as he stepped toward the plate. “I didn’t want to be the last out,” Gonzalez said. …read more
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By Brian McTaggart Yu Darvish was one out away from pitching a perfect game when Marwin Gonzalez shot a clean two-out single up the middle, shocking the Minute Maid Park crowd that was on its feet in anticipation of history, in Tuesday’s 7-0 Rangers victory over the Astros. …read more
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By The Huffington Post News Editors
Yu Darvish nearly achieved perfection. In his first start of the 2013 season, the Texas Rangers pitcher retired the first 26 batters that the Houston Astros sent to the plate on 110 pitches.
Darvish needed just one more out to become the 24th pitcher in MLB history to toss a perfect game.
With two away in the home ninth at Minute Maid Park, the right-hander from Japan delivered a 4-seam fastball to Marwin Gonzalez. A career .234 hitter, Gonzalez turned the 91-mph offering around and sent a sharp single right back up the middle, through Darvish’s legs. After the 26-year-old wheeled around to see if his infielders could preserve his bid for history, a smile crept across his face as the ball scooted into center field for a base hit.
By T.R. Sullivan Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish was one batter away from becoming the 24th pitcher in Major League history to throw a perfect game, but his bid for history came to an end when Marwin Gonzalez hit a ground ball straight up the middle for a single in Texas’ 7-0 win over the Astros on Tuesday at Minute Maid Park. …read more
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By Associated Press Yu Darvish was one out from a perfect game when Marwin Gonzalez grounded a clean single through the pitcher’s legs, and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 7-0 on Tuesday night. …read more
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