Houston Astros vs. Pittsburgh Pirates - News - April 11, 2023

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Corey Julks - Swats first career homer Julks went 2-for-5 with a home run and two runs scored during Wednesday's shutout win over the Pirates.

Impact The 27-year-old rookie has gotten off to a solid start to the season with a .276 batting average, and now he's added a bit of power to his major-league statline. Julks' fourth-inning home run off Rich Hill was the first of his MLB career and traveled over 400 feet to left-center field. Julks slugged 31 homers in Triple-A last season, so it might not be long before he adds a few more to his major-league total.

APRIL 13, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Alex Bregman - Blasts three-run homer Bregman went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run and two walks during Wednesday's victory over Pittsburgh.

Impact Bregman has now extended his hitting streak to four games with a home run coming in each of his last two. After starting the year just 5-for-39 through his first nine games, the 29-year-old third baseman could finally be starting to heat up at the plate.

APRIL 13, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Rich Hill - Takes loss Wednesday Hill (0-2) took the loss Wednesday against Houston, surrendering two earned runs off five hits and two walks across six innings with zero strikeouts.

Impact Hill gave up an RBI double to Jose Abreu in the third inning and a solo home run to Corey Julks in the fourth. While Wednesday's start was the best of the year for the 43-year-old lefty, a lack of run support from his offense caused Hill to take his second loss of the young season. Hill now sits on a 7.20 ERA in 2023 and has just one strikeout over his last two starts (10.0 IP), putting a severe cap on his fantasy value beyond the deepest of leagues.

APRIL 13, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

José Urquidy - Picks up first win Urquidy (1-0) threw six scoreless innings Wednesday against Pittsburgh, surrendering two hits and three walks while striking out two batters en route to collecting his first win of...

Impact The 27-year-old righty got hit around a bit in his first start of the season but has since calmed down, allowing just one earned run in his last two starts (11.1 IP). Both of the hits against him were singles courtesy of Carlos Santana and Jack Suwinski, so while he didn't have his best strikeout stuff going Wednesday, he still did an excellent job limiting extra-base hits.

APRIL 13, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

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