US EditionBrice Matthews Hits First 2 Big-League Homers, Leads Astros Past the D-Backs 6-3
CHASE FIELD, ARIZONA, JUL 21 – Brice Matthews recorded five RBIs with his first two MLB home runs while Eugenio Suarez hit his NL-leading 36th homer in Houston's 6-3 win over Arizona.
- On Monday night, July 21, the Houston Astros defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-3 at Chase Field, taking the first game of their three-match series.
- The Diamondbacks' loss, amid a tight wild-card race and with Zac Gallen returning as a visiting Astro, dropped them below.500 and 5 1/2 games out of the playoff spot.
- Astros rookie Brice Matthews recorded his first pair of major league home runs, launching a three-run blast in the second inning and following it up with a two-run homer in the seventh.
- Diamondbacks left 11 runners on base and Gallen, despite reaching 1,000 career strikeouts, gave up six earned runs including two homers to Matthews in six innings pitched.
- The defeat increased the Diamondbacks’ urgency as they approach the final stretch leading up to the July 31 trade deadline, with the team striving to improve and provide ownership with justification to make new acquisitions.
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Brice Matthews hits first 2 big-league homers, leads Astros past the D-backs 6-3
Brice Matthews hits his first two major league home runs, driving in five runs, as the Houston Astros beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-3.
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