YULI GURRIEL NEWS

Urquidy, backed by Bregman, Maldonado, leads Astros over A's

José Urquidy allowed four hits over a career-high eight innings to win his third straight decision, helping the Houston Astros keep rolling with an 8-3 win over the Oakland Athleti...

JULY 9, 2022 • Associated Press

Back in lineup Gurriel (undisclosed) is starting Friday against the Athletics.

Impact Gurriel wasn't in the lineup for the last two games due to an unspecified injury, but he appeared off the bench Thursday and went 0-for-1 with a strikeout. He's starting at first base and batting sixth Friday.

JULY 8, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Sitting again Thursday Gurriel is out of the starting lineup for Thursday's series finale against the Royals, likely due to an undisclosed injury, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Impact Gurriel will be on the bench for a second straight contest, and though the Astros haven't provided an explanation behind the back-to-back absences, the 38-year-old is presumably dealing with a physical concern. J.J. Matijevic gets the start at first base in Gurriel's stead and bats sixth in the series finale.

JULY 7, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Royals hit 3 HRs off Javier, end Astros' 8-game win streak

Whit Merrifield, Hunter Dozier and Emmanuel Rivera all homered as the Kansas City Royals roughed up Cristian Javier early and held on for a 7-4 win over the Houston Astros

JULY 7, 2022 • Associated Press

On bench Wednesday Gurriel isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Royals.

Impact Gurriel logged hits in four of the last five matchups and went 4-for-17 with a homer, a double, four runs and three RBI during that time. Aledmys Diaz is starting at first base and batting sixth Wednesday.

JULY 6, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Maldonado hits 2 of 5 Houston homers in 9-1 win over Angels

Martín Maldonado homered twice and Jose Altuve, Kyle Tucker and Chas McCormick added a home run each as the Houston Astros built a big lead early and didn’t let up in a 9-1 rout of...

JULY 2, 2022 • Associated Press

Records seventh home run Gurriel went 1-for-3 with a walk, a solo home run and two runs scored Friday against the Angels.

Impact Gurriel led off the second inning with his seventh home run of the season, and he came around to score one frame later after earning a one-out walk. He still owns a subpar .227/.280/.396 line for the season, but Gurriel has hit .333 with a pair of long balls, four RBI and five runs scored across his last eight games.

JULY 2, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Javier fans career-high 14 to lead Astros over Angels 8-1

Cristian Javier pitched another gem, striking out a career-high 14 while allowing just one hit in seven innings to lead the Houston Astros to an 8-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels

JULY 2, 2022 • Associated Press

LEADING OFF: Dodgers' Gonsolin goes for win No. 10 vs Padres

Tony Gonsolin tries to match Houston’s Justin Verlander for the major league lead with his 10th victory when he starts for the Dodgers against the rival Padres

JULY 1, 2022 • Associated Press

Astros beat Yanks again, Bregman's 2-run double keys 2-1 win

Alex Bregman hit a two RBI double early and the Houston Astros held on for a 2-1 win over the New York Yankees Thursday night

JULY 1, 2022 • Associated Press

Astros' Tucker tries to steal home amid PitchCom malfunction

Houston’s Kyle Tucker was thrown out when he tried to steal home while New York Yankees starter Luis Severino tinkered with his malfunctioning PitchCom device

JULY 1, 2022 • Associated Press

Slugs sixth homer Gurriel went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run Tuesday against the Mets.

Impact Gurriel took Chasen Shreve yard in the fifth inning to record his sixth home run of the season. He's in the midst of a five-game hitting streak, during which he's driven in three and scored two runs. Gurriel is hitting just .228 on the campaign, though he's raised that mark to .247 across 23 games in June.

JUNE 29, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Tucker homers, Valdez goes 8 in Astros' 9-1 romp over Mets

Kyle Tucker had a three-run homer and a stolen base, Yordan Alvarez hit his 23rd home run and Framber Valdez pitched a gem to lift the Houston Astros over the New York Mets 9-1

JUNE 29, 2022 • Associated Press

Yankees' Judge walks off Astros for 2nd time in 4 days

Aaron Judge drove a three-run homer in the 10th inning for his second walk-off hit against Houston in four days, and the New York Yankees recovered after nearly being no-hit for th...

JUNE 26, 2022 • Associated Press

Houston Astros stun Yankees with combined no-hitter

Astros' Cristian Javier, Héctor Neris and Ryan Pressly combined on the first no-hitter against the Yankees in 19 years.

JUNE 25, 2022 • FOX SPORTS

Astros' Javier, bullpen combine to no-hit Yanks in 3-0 win

Cristian Javier, Héctor Neris and Ryan Pressly combined on the first no-hitter against the New York Yankees in 19 years, shutting down the best team in baseball and pitching the Ho...

JUNE 25, 2022 • Associated Press

Not in Saturday's lineup Gurriel is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Yankees.

Impact Gurriel started the past 19 games and will head to the bench Saturday while mired in a 2-for-22 slump, with both of those hits coming in the past two contests. J.J. Matijevic will take over at first base for Houston.

JUNE 25, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Snaps hitless streak Gurriel went 1-for-4 with a double Thursday against the Yankees.

Impact Gurriel entered the game having gone hitless in his last four games and 14 at-bats. However, he snapped that stretch with a leadoff double in the eighth inning before being stranded. Gurriel is striking out only 14 percent of the time across 250 plate appearances this season, but he's still been able to muster just a .216/.268/.366 slash line.

JUNE 24, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Álvarez belts 2 homers as Astros win 5-3 to sweep Mets

Yordan Álvarez homered twice off Carlos Carrasco as the Houston Astros jumped on him early and held on for a 5-3 win over the New York Mets

JUNE 22, 2022 • Associated Press

Alvarez, Tucker help Astros to 8-2 interleague win over Mets

Yordan Alvarez hit a two-run homer and Kyle Tucker had three RBIs to give the Houston Astros an 8-2 win over the New York Mets in an interleague matchup between two of the top team...

JUNE 22, 2022 • Associated Press

Perfect at the plate Gurriel went 3-for-3 with a solo homer and an additional run scored in Friday's victory over the White Sox.

Impact Gurriel picked up his solo shot in the bottom of the second inning off Lucas Giolito, then came around to score on Michael Brantley's grand slam in the sixth. The first baseman has at least one hit in his last eight games. The three-hit outing raised Gurriel's batting average to .229, the highest it has been since May 22.

JUNE 18, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Brantley's slam highlights 10-run 6th as Astros down Chisox

Michael Brantley’s grand slam was one of three homers in a 10-run sixth inning that propelled the Houston Astros to a 13-3 win over the Chicago White Sox

JUNE 18, 2022 • Associated Press

MLB's Best Brothers: Willson, William Contreras top the list of duos

Willson and William Contreras top Jordan Shusterman's rankings of the best brother combos in MLB. Check out the full list!

JUNE 17, 2022 • FOX SPORTS

Smacks fourth homer Gurriel went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run Wednesday against the Rangers.

Impact Gurriel took Kolby Allard yard in the eighth inning to record his fourth homer of the season. He has one hit in six of his last seven starts, but more importantly, he has five extra-base knocks in that span. That has increased Gurriel's ISO to .147 on the campaign, in line with his mark from the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

JUNE 16, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Astros 2 immaculate innings, Maldonado 3 RBIs to beat Texas

stros starter Luis Garcia and reliever Phil Maton each threw an immaculate inning — nine pitches, three strikeouts — and Martín Maldonado keyed a six-run first inning that sent Hou...

JUNE 15, 2022 • Associated Press