Carlos Correa snapped a tie with a leadoff single in the 10th inning and Taylor Trammell hit a two-run homer later in the inning as the Houston Astros earned a 5-3 victory over the host New York Yankees on Friday night.
All the damage was done against struggling Yankees reliever Devin Williams (3-5), who opened the inning by throwing a wild pitch to the backstop to advance automatic runner Jose Altuve to third. Three pitches later, Correa lined a single to center field through New York’s drawn-in infield to give the Astros a 3-2 lead.
After Williams got two outs, Trammell blasted his third homer of the season when he hammered an 0-1 changeup into the right-center field seats.
It was the fifth homer allowed by Williams this season and the fourth in his past eight appearances.
Josh Hader (6-2) breezed through the ninth and allowed an RBI single to Anthony Volpe in the 10th. Hader put two on before ending it by retiring Trent Grisham on a fly ball to center field.
The Yankees lost for the sixth time in seven games and fell to 3-8 in extra innings this season.
Ben Rice had two of New York’s five hits, including an RBI single in the sixth. Aaron Judge hit a tying single off Hunter Brown later in the sixth.
Brown took a one-hit shutout into the sixth and allowed two runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out five, walked one and retired 14 straight before Ryan McMahon started the sixth with a walk.
Altuve homered three batters into the contest, sending a first-pitch sweeper from New York rookie Cam Schlittler into the left field seats. Altuve reached 20 homers for the seventh time in his career since debuting in 2011.
Schlittler allowed two runs and seven hits in five innings. The right-hander struck out three and walked one.
Schlittler’s fifth career start ended at 97 pitches after he retired Christian Walker on a fly ball to the warning track in center field to strand Altuve at third to end the fifth.
–Field Level Media
