By Franco Miguel Alvariño
The game between the Houston Astros and the San Francisco Giants marched in the fifth inning with a 5 × 4 slate favorable to the latter and in their own stadium. The hope of the sidereal was in the player who waited in first. Yuli Gurriel, timely, did not miss this opportunity to even the score.
Alex Wood was pitching for the Giants. On the count of two and two, the Cuban swung to a slider 83 miles from Wood and hit a hard hit to left field that rolled until he was cut off by the local left patrolman. Michael Brantley scored early and Gurriel got to second base with a double.
Everything indicates that Gurriel will close July with five tubeyes, his third month with the best doubles production. In the inaugural month of the Big Top he hit seven; in May he did it eight times, but in June he lowered the level by half, with four biangulars achieved in that period.
So far, in the current Major League Baseball season, Yuli Gurriel has 24 hits from two corners, just one short of reaching 160 for life in that baseball; He has no 3s and has missed 11 extra-base balls for him.
Regarding trailers, he is already at 64, just five from rounding his historical figure in Major League Baseball to 370. This push comes as a “ring to the finger”, as it extends a chain of three challenges bringing teammates to the rubber. Last day he chartered two and on July 28 he scratched the card three times against the Seattle Mariners.
In terms of equipment, “Pineapple” He has a WAR (wins he contributes over his replacement) of 2.5, his third best record for this parameter in the six seasons he has played at the highest level. In addition, he has one of the best batting averages of the Astros, with .317 in the 98 games he has played.
