On Sunday, Minute Maid Park witnessed once again what Framber Valdez is like when he’s on top of his game. The lefty star shut out the Oakland Athletics and went the distance as the Astros completed a three-game sweep with a 2-0 win to end the week in fashion.
Valdez was absolutely stellar on Sunday’s action. In his nine innings, Framber allowed only four hits (three singles) and struck out seven hitters on 104 pitches (64 strikes). That was it!
Despite getting 26 swings against his sinker, Framber didn’t get any whiff with that pitch, which is noticeably rare.