HOUSTON — Austin Wells hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the New York Yankees extended their winning streak to eight games with an 8-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Trent Grisham and Jos\u00e9 Caballero also went deep for the Yankees (18-9). The winning streak matches their longest in a single season since June 2024.<\/p>\n
Ben Rice had three hits and an RBI for New York, which has won 11 of 12 in Houston.<\/p>\n
Grisham put the Yankees on the board with his third home run, tying it 1-all in the third. In the fifth, Caballero\u2019s third homer gave New York a 2-1 lead. <\/p>\n
After the Astros tied it on Carlos Correa’s homer in the sixth, Wells took reliever Kai-Wei Teng (1-1) deep for his second home run of the year.<\/p>\n
Wells\u2019 solo shot sparked a three-run seventh for the Yankees, who took advantage of four walks by Houston reliever Bennett Sousa in his season debut. Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. each drew a bases-loaded walk to extend New York\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n
Aaron Judge walked twice against an Astros staff that issued 10 free passes, matching a season high.<\/p>\n
Starting three days after the birth of his first child, Ryan Weathers allowed two runs and six hits over 5 1\/3 innings for the Yankees.<\/p>\n
Fernando Cruz (2-0) struck out Christian Walker and Yainer Diaz to strand two runners in the sixth. After the Yankees took the lead, Jake Bird tossed a 1-2-3 seventh.<\/p>\n
Camilo Doval worked around a leadoff walk in the eighth and Tim Hill allowed a run in the ninth.<\/p>\n
Houston starter Mike Burrows struck out a season-high eight while allowing two runs over five innings.<\/p>\n
Walker also homered for the Astros.<\/p>\n
Astros RHP Spencer Arrighetti (2-0, 2.45 ERA) faces Yankees RHP Luis Gil (1-1, 4.11) when the series concludes Sunday.<\/p>\n
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