Yanks Pummel Astros Late for 8th-Straight Win. NY 8 Houston 3

April 26, 2026 paperbacklou 2026 0
Austin Wells with a HR leading off the 7th to put NY up 3-2, proved to be the game winner.

The front and the back of the Yankee lineup pummeled the Astros in the late innings for an 8-3 win on a Saturday night in Houston, extending the NY winning streak to 8 straight games.

Austin Wells hit the game-winning HR — a solo shot leading off the 7th to break a 2-2 tie. And then NY opened up the fuselage of runs against Houston’s bullpen — which walked everyone in site in the 7th and 8th. NY was primarily led on the evening by the backend of the lineup:

  • Wells, NY’s #7 hitter, went 2-3 with 2 walks on the night;
  • Ryan McMahon, NY’s #8 hitter, went 2-5 with an RBI and run scored; and
  • Jose Caballero, NY’s #9 hitter, went 3-5 with a solo HR.

And the front end of the lineup:

  • Trent Grisham — NY’s leadoff batter — went 1-3 with 2 walks and a HR.
  • Ben Rice, NY’s #2 hitter, went 3-4 with a walk, RBI and run scored — improving his average to .337 on the season — 2nd in the American League to Yordan Alvarez (.353).

Ryan Weathers started for NY and pitched well, into the 6th — allowing 2 runs on 6 hits and striking out 4. Fernando Cruz got the win in relief, and both Jake Bird and Camilo Doval pitched shutout innings of relief.

Mike Burrows started and pitched well for the Astros with 5 innings of 2-run ball, but NY jumped all over the Houston pen.

“Patience was the difference tonite,” said manager Aaron Boone afterwards. “Just really good at bats; deep counts; really good takes in walking situations.”

NY improves to 18-9 — the best record in the AL and 2.5 games ahead of Tampa in the AL East. Houston drops to 10-18.

1. Weathers Good

Ryan Weathers celebrated his wife’s birth of a child in between starts, and came out and pitched well.

He allowed a run in the 1st on a leadoff double by Carlos Correa and a 1-out single by Isaac Paredes, then retired 11 in a row, pitching a 1-2-3 inning in the 2nd thru 4th.

Weathers allowed a leadoff single to Yainer Diaz to start the 5th but promptly picked him off 1st.

Carlos Correa again clipped Weathers — this time for a HR leading off the 6th to tie the game at 2-2.

Next batter Yordon Alvarez singled, but Weathers got an out and was relieved by Fernando Cruz — who walked a batter but struck out 2 to end the 6th, the game tied 2-2.

2. Grisham HR Ties Game 1-1 in 3rd

Meanwhile Mike Burrows was pitching a good game for Houston.

Jose Caballero led off the 2nd with a single, then stole 2nd — but was caught trying to steal 3rd.

A little too aggressive as next batter Trent Grisham hit a HR to left to tie the game.

3. Caballero HR Puts NY Ahead 2-1

But Caballero made up for his stolen-base snafu by hitting a HR to right in the 5th to put NY ahead 2-1.

4. Wells HR Puts NY Ahead 3-2 in 7th

Burrows was gone after 5 innings, and Steven Okert pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 6th — but in the 7th lefty Kai-Wei Teng came in to pitch and leadoff batter Austin Wells hit a 343-foot HR to right for a 3-2 Yankee lead.

5. Houston Pen Walks Everyone in Site in 7th and 8th

Teng got McMahon to fly out but Jose Caballero singled and Houston went to Bennett Sousa in the pen. It was a mistake.

Sousa proceeded to walk Trent Grisham.

Caballero Thrown Out Trying to Steal 3rd for 2nd Time in Game

Caballero tried to steal 3rd and was thrown out for the 2nd time in the game.

And then the Walks Came

But no matter: Ben Rice singled to center to put runners on 1st and 2nd, and Bennett:

  • Walked Aaron Judge,
  • Walked Cody Bellinger to force in a run and make it 4-2 NY, and
  • Walked Jazz Chisholm Jr to make it 5-2 NY.

Sousa was finally relieved by AJ Blubaugh who got the final out.

But Blubagh walked guys in the 8th:

  • Austin Wells walked to lead off,
  • McMahon singled to center,
  • Caballero bunted the runners over,
  • Trent Grisham walked,
  • and Ben Rice hit a sac fly to center and NY led 6-2.

6. Bird and Doval Good

Jake Bird came in for the bottom of the 7th in the 5-2 game and pitched a 1-2-3 inning  — strikeout, groundout, groundout.

Camilo Doval came in for the 8th of a 6-2 game, and walked Correa to start the inning, but then got groundout, groundout, strikeout to send the game to the 9th.

7. Yanks Backend of Lineup Tacks on 2 Runs in 9th

The Yanks added runs in the top of the 9th off Jayden Murray to break the game open:

  • Cody Bellinger walked,
  • Amed Rosario singled with 1 out, and
  • Austin Wells singled in Bellinger to make it 7-2.
  • Ryan McMahon then singled to right to make it 8-2.

8. Hill Finishes

Tim Hill pitched the 9th — allowing a leadoff HR to Christian Walker, but then getting 3 straight outs — groundout, strikeout, groundout — for the old ballgame.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401815088

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