The Houston Astros fired manager Brad Mills and two of his coaching staff in the wake of the 12-4 defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Diamondbacks defeat the last straw for Astros manager
The
Houston Astros fired manager Brad Mills and two members of his coaching staff in the wake of the 12-4 defeat to the
Arizona Diamondbacks.
The club confirmed Mills, in his third season as manager, hitting coach Mike Barnett and first base coach Bobby Meacham were leaving after their record worsened to 39 wins and 82 losses this year.
A nine-run fifth inning highlighted by Aaron Hill's three-run jack means the Astros will be on the wrong end of a 6-0 clean sweep if they lose their next meeting at Minute Maid Park.
Elsewhere, Jon Niese matched zeros with Edwin Jackson through six before Ike Davis broke the tie with a two-run homer in the seventh as the
New York Mets downed the
Washington Nationals 2-0.
Convincing
Jon Lester delivered his second convincing win in as many starts for the
Boston Red Sox as they defeated the
New York Yankees 4-1.
Joaquin Arias drove in three runs to help the
San Francisco Giants outlast the
San Diego Padres 8-7, while Bartolo Colon pitched an impressive eight innings in the
Oakland Athletics' 8-5 victory over the
Cleveland Indians.
John Jaso came off the bench and hit a walk-off, bases-loaded sacrifice fly as the
Seattle Mariners beat the
Minnesota Twins 3-2.
Starlin Castro came within a homer of the cycle, and the
Chicago Cubs won a slugfest over the
Cincinnati Reds in the second game of their twin bill. The 9-7 success followed a 5-3 setback.
Giancarlo Stanton belted a three-run homer in a four-run first inning as the
Miami Marlins saw off the
Colorado Rockies 6-5, while the
Philadelphia Phillies defeated the
Milwaukee Brewers 4-3.
Wild-card race
The
St Louis Cardinals moved a game behind the
Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL Central standings and wild card race with a 5-4 success.
The
LA Dodgers beat the
Atlanta Braves 6-2, the
Kansas City Royals defeated the
Chicago White Sox 9-4, the
Baltimore Orioles saw off the
Detroit Tigers 3-2 and the
Texas Rangers beat the
Toronto Blue Jays 2-1.
The
Tampa Bay Rays trailed the
LA Angels 8-0 after three but a 7-0 fifth innings paved the way for a stunning comeback by the visitors, who won 10-8 in the night's final match to finish.
