Player of the gameCristian JavierHOU5.0ip 1h 1er 8k
Like he does with nearly every save he gets, Astros closer Josh Hader secured the baseball from his final out and kept it for himself. Sometimes he’ll give the ball to the starting pitcher if the memento means more to him -- such as rookie Ethan Pecko getting his first career win last week -- but most of the time they end up in Hader’s home. “If you ask my wife, I'm a hoarder,” he said. “So I try and be a little bit better with my hoarding skills.” Hader added another baseball to his collection Friday night that might be his most meaningful yet, becoming the 41st pitcher to reach 250 career saves in the Astros’ 3-1 win over the Diamondbacks at Daikin Park. * These closers have the most saves “Yeah, it's a cool achievement,” Hader said. “You see, 250 is not just from me, it takes a whole \[team\
