Photo: Patrick Smith / Getty Images
Photo: Patrick Smith / Getty Images
The Minute Maid Park witnessed the first quality outing by part of José Urquidy, in the season 2021 of the Major League Baseball . The Mexican pitcher took the victory in a close ball game. The Houston Astros defeated the Seattle Mariners 5-2 , in the first duel in the series of four commitments.
Urquidy triumph!
The Mazatlan pitched 6 innings of 2 runs, struck out 2 rivals and scored his first victory of the season. # YoAmoElBeis # MexicanPower pic.twitter.com/0nqL2JWjSx– MLB México (@MLB_Mexico)
April 19, 2021
The Mexican pitcher won the first win of the campaign Urquidy worked six innings where he allowed only two runs due to a pair of home runs of Kyle Lewis and Kyle Seager . José closed his participation with two strikeouts in the game.
The last victory of the Mazatlán pitcher, in the Major Leagues, was the 19 September 2020 . At that time, his good pitching was key for seven innings. U rquidy beat the Texas Rangers batting and took the win .
In this way, the right-hand pitcher obtained his fourth victory in his short career that started in January 2019. In 19 presentations in the big top , Urquidy maintains an ERA of 3. .
Winners win. # ForTheH pic.twitter.com/myqvxBZ4Cp
– Houston Astros (@astros) April 27, 2021
With the victory, the Houston Astros play again for. 500 in the Western Conference of the American League. Those led by Dusty Baker have obtained 11 wins and the same number of losses so far this season. However, this triumph puts them back in the fight for their division, which until now belongs to the Oakland Athletics .