Gurriel ホームランs twice as Astros punch プレーオフ ticket
HOUSTON (AP) - The Houston Astros toasted a プレーオフ 寝台／地位 in a 私的な moment, and then moved on to their next goal.
"You've got to take it step by step so it's nice to 認める and celebrate it because you don't take it for 認めるd," 権利-hander Gerrit Cole said. "But we've got some more work to do."
Yuli Gurriel 攻撃する，衝突する a （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム and a two-run ホームラン on his way to a career-high seven 打点s, and the Astros 安全な・保証するd a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in the postseason with an 11-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Houston Astros' Yuli Gurriel (10) celebrates in the dugout after hitting a （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
George Springer 追加するd a three-run 発射 in the eighth for the Astros, who are still looking to 安全な・保証する the AL West 肩書を与える. The defending World Series 支持する／優勝者s 持続するd a 3 1/2 -game lead over second-place Oakland, which （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Minnesota 7-6 in 10 innings.
Cole (15-5) 許すd three 攻撃する，衝突するs and three runs in seven innings in his fifth straight 勝利，勝つ. He also struck out 12, giving him 1,006 for his career and moving him in 前線 of チーム仲間 Justin Verlander (269) for most in the AL this season with 272.
Gurriel 攻撃する，衝突する his third career （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム in the first inning. He connected for his 12th ホームラン against Andrew Heaney (9-10) in the third and 選び出す／独身d in Tyler White in the fifth.
It was his first career multihomer game. His brother Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also ホームランd twice for Toronto on Friday night, 場内取引員／株価 the first time in major league history that brothers had multihomer games on the same day.
"My parents were so happy that they didn't know what to do with themselves, 審理，公聴会 the 広大な／多数の／重要な news," Yuli Gurriel said through a 翻訳家. "いつかs I have a good game and いつかs he has a good game, but for us to have a 広大な／多数の／重要な game together is very special."
Gurriel's seven 打点s were the most for a Houston player since J.R. Towles 始める，決める a franchise 記録，記録的な／記録する with eight 11 years ago on Friday.
マイク Trout ホームランd for the second straight game for the Angels, who lost their third in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動. They 許すd 42 runs 連合させるd in those three losses.
Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman 攻撃する，衝突する 連続した （テニスなどの）シングルス with one out in the first and Heaney walked Marwin Gonzalez to 負担 the bases. Gurriel then belted an opposite-field 発射 to 権利 field.
Gonzalez walked again with one out in the third before Gurriel drove an 81-mph curveball into the Crawford Boxes in left field.
Heaney 許すd six runs in three innings.
"At the wrong times, he hung some pitches and those guys didn't 行方不明になる them," Angels 経営者／支配人 マイク Scioscia said. "He had eight baserunners in three innings, so he was a little out of sorts and they turned the page on him."
Jose Fernandez 二塁打d with two outs in the sixth before Trout's 37th ホームラン 削減（する） Houston's lead to 7-2. Andrelton Simmons trip led with one out in the seventh and 得点する／非難する／２０d on a 選び出す／独身 by Francisco Arcia.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Astros: SS Carlos Correa was out of the 顔触れ and 経営者／支配人 A.J. Hinch said he'll sit out until at least Monday as he continues to を取り引きする soreness in his lower 支援する. "Carlos is still not 権利," Hinch said. "He's played through it and it hasn't worked out." Correa was on the 無能にするd 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） from June 26-Aug. 10 and has struggling since his return, hitting just .174 in with one ホームラン and 13 打点s in 34 games.
COLE'S K'S
Cole's strikeouts are the fourth-most in franchise history. He said it was special to reach 1,000 career strikeouts.
"The guys took a moment tonight to 認める it and that meant a lot," he said. "There are a lot of really professional and special 武器 in this room so that 肉親，親類d of keeps you in 視野."
THEY SAID IT
Hinch on the team teasing Yuli Gurriel in the dugout as they watched what his brother was doing: "I think he was trying to keep up with his brother. Every time they kept putting the fantasy numbers up on the board he （機の）カム up with another 打点, another ホームラン, another 攻撃する，衝突する. We had some fun with him."
UP NEXT
Verlander (16-9, 2.67 ERA) …に反対するs Jaime Barria (10-9, 3.61 ERA) when the series continues Saturday night. Verlander has won his last three starts and needs just one strikeout to 始める，決める a career high. Barria is 1-1 with a 2.81 ERA in three starts against the Astros this season.
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Houston Astros' Yuli Gurriel watches his （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Houston Astros starting 投手 Gerrit Cole throws against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Los Angeles Angels starting 投手 Andrew Heaney throws against the Houston Astros during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Los Angeles Angels' マイク Trout (27) 反応するs after 存在 called out on strikes during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
