Home Baseball Framber Valdez makes the odd justification, ‘I think they might have gotten a little lucky,’ for his team’s lackluster ALCS performance against the Rangers.

Framber Valdez makes the odd justification, ‘I think they might have gotten a little lucky,’ for his team’s lackluster ALCS performance against the Rangers.

Baseball — 10/17/2023

Pitcher Framber Valdez of the Houston Astros had a forgettable night on Monday as the Texas Rangers took a 2-0 lead in their American League Championship Series. Early in the game, the Rangers sent the Houston starting pitcher to the stands, and they went on to win Game 2 of the series 5-4. After the game, Valdez made an odd declaration claiming that although he gave it his all, luck was with the enemy.

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Valdez made his major league debut for the Houston Astros in 2018, after signing with them in 2015 as an international free agent. In his previous two MLB seasons, he was an All-Star, and with the Astros last year, they won the World Series.

But after dropping the first two games of their ALCS against the Rangers, they are in danger of missing the postseason, thus they have a mountain to climb. Framber Valdez’s performance on Monday against the Texans summed up their luck, as they battled but ultimately lost. The Rangers scored five runs off him that night, and he gave up seven hits in 2.2 innings before being removed from the game. He feels, nonetheless, that he gave it his all and was unlucky not to have more than a few average hits that led to RBIs for the Rangers:

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“I believe my pitches were of a high caliber. I believe they may have struck it lucky. A few balls that they didn’t hit well ended up being base hits. My goal was to push myself to the limit.”

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In Game 2 of the ALCS, Jonah Heim hits a solo home run to cap up Framber Valdez’s evening.

After a lackluster outing, Framber Valdez, the starting pitcher for the Houston Astros in Game 2 of the ALCS, was lifted from the game after just 2.2 innings. Don’t discount the great Texas Rangers lineup, which is dominating the MLB postseason despite him taking the most of the responsibility for the defeat.

From the first inning on, the Rangers bats took advantage of the Astros, scoring four runs to set a franchise record for the most runs scored in a first inning. After Adolis Garcia, Mitch Garver, and Nathaniel Lowe all collected RBI singles in the first inning, Marcus Semien put them up after scoring on an error. The game was now 5-1 as Jonah Heim hit a solo home run towards left field. Before being removed from the game, Valdez went on to earn his sixth strikeout of the evening.