{"id":29229,"date":"2025-08-28T08:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/framber-valdez-dominates-7-zeros-and-yordan-alvarez-returns-with-a-home-run-for-astros\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:35:14","slug":"framber-valdez-dominates-7-zeros-and-yordan-alvarez-returns-with-a-home-run-for-astros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/framber-valdez-dominates-7-zeros-and-yordan-alvarez-returns-with-a-home-run-for-astros\/","title":{"rendered":"Framber Valdez dominates: 7 zeros and Yordan \u00c1lvarez returns with a home run for Astros"},"content":{"rendered":"Houston, Texas \u2013 Framber Valdez, the Dominican left-handed pitcher, shone on the mound, guiding the Houston Astros to a crucial 4-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies this Wednesday at Daikin Park. The match took place amidst the intense battle for playoff spots in the American League.\n\nValdez, who hadn&#8217;t secured a win in over a month, delivered a stellar performance by pitching seven scoreless innings. He limited the Rockies to just three hits and two walks, while accumulating five strikeouts. This outstanding performance recalled the consistency that characterized him during his impressive streak between May and July, a period in which he recorded a 10-0 record and an ERA of 1.86 in 13 consecutive starts.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We needed this outing from Framber. He showed aggression and went back to being that starter who controls the game from the start,&#8221; commented Omar L\u00f3pez, bench coach, who managed the team in the absence of manager Joe Espada, due to health issues.<\/p><cite>Omar L\u00f3pez<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe bullpen maintained the shutout with the impeccable work of Bryan King and Bryan Abreu, also Dominican. This result marked Houston&#8217;s tenth game without allowing runs this season.\n\nIn terms of offense, Cuban Yordan \u00c1lvarez, who returned this week after more than three months on the injured list, hit a 421-foot home run to center field in the eighth inning, this being his first home run since his return.\n\nCam Smith, the rookie, also contributed a home run in the seventh inning. Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez, from the Dominican Republic, drove in the first run of the game with a single in the first inning.\n\nFrom Colorado&#8217;s side, starter Chase Dollander put in a solid performance by pitching six innings allowing one run, but his team didn&#8217;t provide him with the necessary offensive support.\n\nWith this victory, the Astros consolidate their position at the top of the American League West Division, maintaining a 1.5-game lead over the Seattle Mariners.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houston, Texas \u2013 Framber Valdez, the Dominican left-handed pitcher, shone on the mound, guiding the Houston Astros to a crucial 4-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies this Wednesday at Daikin Park. The match took place amidst the intense battle for playoff spots in the American League. Valdez, who hadn&#8217;t secured a win in over a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[91,2141,3905,3975],"class_list":{"0":"post-29229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-astros","9":"tag-framber-valdez","10":"tag-jonron","11":"tag-whitewashed"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}