The Crawfish Boxes · Aug 16, 2023
Three Homers Power Astros Over Marlin 6-5
Once again, the Astros worked around a subpar start by Cristian Javier, but kept coming back and eked out a win mainly on the strength of home runs by Yainer Diaz, Chas McCormick, and Kyle Tucker.
Javier’s troubles continue. He only got through 4.2 innings, allowing five runs (four earned), allowing six hits, one walk, with only two Ks.
The Marlins opened the scoring on Javier in the second inning after Jazz Chisholm Jr led off with a triple and scored on a Bryan De La Cruz single just off the glove of center-fielder Jake Meyers
The Marlins added two more runs in the third inning on a two-run homer by Jorge Soler, his 30th of the year.