Astros Smash A's, Imai Shines

0:00On April 4th, the Houston Astros just put on a clinic, smashing the Oakland A's 11-to-nothing at Sutter Health Park. Starter Tatsuya Imae bounced back strong in his first road start, tossing five and two-thirds scoreless innings with nine strikeouts. The offense exploded for a season high, 18 hits, and 13 walks. The most walks since 2000. That 13 walks ties for fifth most in team history, and third in a nine inning game. They only needed two solo homers. One from Christian Walker in the third, and another by Cam Smith in the eighth, to build their biggest win margin this year. Fans are buzzing about the total team effort. With Walker, Joey Lopper Fido, and Christian Vasquez, each grabbing three hits. Jordan Alvarez tied his career high, with four walks in his first four trips, then added an RBI to make it 10-nothing. After dropping their first two games, the Astros are six and one in their last seven, averaging 8.3 runs per game. Imae looks sharp after a rough major league debut last Sunday against the Angels, where

1:03he gave up four runs in two and two-thirds innings. This time, he threw 94 pitches, 58 for strikes, topping out at 96.1 miles per hour on his fastball, and got whiffs. With that nasty slider, with this kind of firepower, Houston's rolling into their next series looking unstoppable. That's your MLB news today update, AI-powered and always on.