Houston Astros at New York Yankees
Final
Recap
Player of the gameElmer RodríguezNYY6.0ip 3h 3er 6k
NEW YORK – The Yankees offered a simple piece of advice to Elmer Rodríguez ahead of his fifth Major League start: Find the swagger that has carried him to this level, and believe that his stuff is good enough to be here. Rodríguez did that over a career-best six-plus innings, turning in what he called “one of my best starts.” Cody Bellinger delivered a go-ahead double with the bases loaded as the Yankees rallied for a 9-3 victory over the Astros on Wednesday evening at Yankee Stadium. “It was just trusting myself,” Rodríguez said. “It’s something that I’ve been building up since my first couple of starts, and so each time I’ve felt better. I’ve been working on some stuff down there \[in the Minors\
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteNYY -118 · 53% to win
WonRun LineNYY -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 8.5 · 12 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
4Hits13
1Home runs2
3Walks5
10Strikeouts9
0Stolen bases1
163Pitches thrown132
9Pitching strikeouts10
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian VazquezC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yordan AlvarezDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeremy PenaSS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Taylor TrammellLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr.PH-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cam SmithRF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Walker1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daulton VarshoCF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson VelazquezPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter LambertP | 5.2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Kai-Wei TengP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los SantosP | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Bennett SousaP | 0.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
