Miller, Topa lead 水夫s over 低迷ing Astros 3-1
SEATTLE (AP) - Bryce Miller gave up two 攻撃する，衝突するs over six shutout innings for his first major league 勝利，勝つ, Justin Topa worked around a leadoff 選び出す／独身 in the ninth for his first big league save and the Seattle 水夫s （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the Houston Astros 3-1 Sunday to take two of three from the World Series 支持する／優勝者s.
First baseman Jos? Abreu made a run-得点する／非難する／２０ing error in a two-run third inning and Matt Gage committed a bases-負担d 妨げる when he relieved in the fifth.
Held to five （テニスなどの）シングルス and a 二塁打, the World Series 支持する／優勝者s lost for the fourth time in five games. The Astros have lost three straight series and are 17-17.
Julio Rodr?guez, in a 1-for-18 slide, 攻撃する，衝突する his sixth ホームラン of the season for the 水夫s, who have won six of seven.
A week after becoming the third player in major league history to strike out 10 with no walks in his debut, the 24-year-old Miller (1-0) struck out five with a walk and held the Astros to two （テニスなどの）シングルス over six innings.
He induced eight swings and 行方不明になるs の中で 37 swings at his fastball, which 普通の／平均（する）d 95.8 mph.
Seattle 水夫s starting 投手 Bryce Miller throws against the Houston Astros during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
"His fastball is very unique," 水夫s 経営者／支配人 Scott Servais said. "It´s got a トン of ride on it. How he comes off the 塚, how it comes out of his 手渡す, I'm 最高の-impressed with the 命令（する） of it. He threw a lot of really good fastballs on the inside part of the plate, which is 肉親，親類d of a step 負かす／撃墜する the road."
Miller said he got his second clubhouse 祝賀 in a week that 含むd 情熱, mayonnaise, beer and other mysterious 実体s.
"My 注目する，もくろむs were の近くにd and I went straight to the にわか雨," he said.
Topa, a 32-year-old 権利-hander, got his first save since 2019 with Class A Carolina. Yordan Alvarez 選び出す／独身d on his first pitch, but Topa got Abreu to ground into a 併殺 and threw a called third strike past Kyle Tucker.
"We played really good baseball all 週末 outside of a late ホームラン in game one," Servais said.
Rodr?guez´s 454-foot ホームラン to left-中心, the longest of his big league career, put Seattle ahead in the third inning. Eugenio Su?rez 二塁打d and 得点する／非難する／２０d when Abreu flubbed Cal Raleigh´s 決まりきった仕事 ゴロ.
Astros 経営者／支配人 Dusty パン職人 pulled starter Brandon Bielak (0-1) with the bases 負担d in the fifth, and Gage was called for a 妨げる for 解除するing his foot off the rubber twice before throwing a pitch.
Tucker followed Abreu´s one-out 二塁打 in the seventh with an 打点 選び出す／独身 against Gabe S peier.
Asked if he might consider giving some players selective 残り／休憩（する） as they continue to struggle, パン職人 said it's possible.
"There's a lot of guys that could 利益, but like I said, we're off every six days," パン職人 said. "And it's like they don't seem 疲労，（軍の）雑役d. They may be mentally 疲労，（軍の）雑役d, but the roster is what we have at this moment."
BENCHES CLEARED
Both （法廷の）裁判s and bullpens （疑いを）晴らすd in the fourth when Seattle's Jos? Caballero and Astros catcher 市場?n Maldonado squared off at home plate. The two appeared to be at 半端物s after Caballero called time on the previous pitch. After a swing and 行方不明になる, Caballero 直面するd off with Maldonado and the two 交流d words as their チーム仲間s streamed の上に the field.
BAKER AND BLUE
パン職人 嘆く／悼むd the death of his friend and former competitor Vida Blue.
"That´s my partner," パン職人 said. "I didn´t 攻撃する，衝突する him very 井戸／弁護士席. ... I´ve been talking to Vida on and off for the last couple of months and he didn´t call 支援する the other day, so I 人物／姿／数字d something was wrong. ... I knew he was sick, but it´s a 堅い day."
TRAINER´S ROOM
Astros: 2B Jose Altuve took batting practice for the second 連続した day. パン職人 said he has not yet spoken with Altuve about a timeline for a return, but that he would need a rehab assignment before 再結合させるing the 顔触れ. Altuve broke his 権利 thumb during the World Baseball Classic.
水夫s: 2B Kolten Wong (wrist) was out of the 顔触れ after rolling his wrist while making a 飛び込み stop Saturday night in the 7-5 勝利，勝つ over the Astros. ... Servais did not have an update on SS J.P. Crawford, who fouled a pitch off his 膝 but stayed in the game.
UP NEXT
Astr os: 新人 RHP Hunter Brown (3-1, 2.60), coming off his first big league loss, starts Monday's series opener at the Los Angeles Angels and LHP Patrick Sandoval (3-1, 293).
水夫s: RHP Logan Gilbert (1-1, 4.01) brings a streak of six games with six or more strikeouts into Monday´s start against the Texas 特別奇襲隊員s and RHP Jon Gray (1-1, 4.40). ___
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Seattle 水夫s catcher Cal Raleigh and 救済 投手 Justin Topa 迎える／歓迎する each other after a 勝利，勝つ over the Houston Astros in a baseball game, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi separetes Houston Astros catcher ツバメ Maldonado and Seattle 水夫s' Jose Caballero during his at bat in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Seattle 水夫s 救済 投手 Justin Topa follows through on a throw against the Houston Astros in the ninth inning during a baseball game, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Seattle 水夫s' Julio Rodriguez celebrates with first baseman Ty フラン after hitting a 単独の ホームラン on a pitch from Houston Astros starting 投手 Brandon Bielak during the third inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Pena 完全にするs a 併殺 on Seattle 水夫s' Jarred Kelenic with Ty フラン 軍隊d out at second during the third inning a baseball game, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Houston Astros 救済 投手 Matt Gage 反応するs after a bases-負担d 妨げる call 得点する／非難する／２０d a run for the Seattle 水夫s during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Seattle 水夫s' Julio Rodriguez celebrates his 単独の ホームラン on a pitch from Houston Astros starting 投手 Brandon Bielak during the third inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Houston Astros starting 投手 Brandon Bielak, left, walks off the 塚 as he is 取って代わるd in the fifth inning against the Seattle 水夫s during a baseball game, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Seattle 水夫s' Julio Rodriguez celebrates while 一連の会議、交渉／完成するing the bases on his 単独の ホームラン on a pitch from Houston Astros starting 投手 Brandon Bielak during the third inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Seattle 水夫s starting 投手 Bryce Miller throws against the Houston Astros during the second inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
