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9月13日 —— 休斯敦太空人队将在周六客场对阵亚特兰大勇士队，他们希望在两周以来首次取得连胜，并继续保持在美联季后赛格局中的位置。
休斯敦（80胜68负）在周五系列赛首战中以11-3大胜，对保持与西雅图水手并列美联西区榜首至关重要。而状态火热的得州游骑兵刚刚豪取五连胜，距离太空人仅差两场比赛，因此休斯敦需要在周六继续利用勇士（65胜82负）的劣势。
休斯敦左外野手扎克·科尔（Zach Cole）从一个意想不到的位置给予球队急需的帮助，他在大联盟生涯的第一球就击出本垒打，最终三安打、四打点。他帮助太空人自8月29日战胜洛杉矶天使以来，第一次赢得系列赛首战，不过当时他们最终与天使打成2比2。
“我们在正确的时机把他叫上来了。”休斯敦主帅乔·埃斯帕达（Joe Espada）谈到这位25岁新秀时说。“现在就是我们需要他的时候。我为他感到高兴，队友们也很兴奋，他真的点燃了球队。”
亨特·布朗（Hunter Brown，11胜7负，自责分率2.25）将在周五迎来他本赛季第29次先发，带着全联盟第二低的防御率登场。布朗在8月份6次先发中投出1.67的自责分率，上周六又在对阵游骑兵的一场11-0大胜中投出六局无失分。
在9月8日对阵芝加哥小熊的比赛中，这位26岁的右投手6又1/3局仅失一分，帮助球队4-1取胜。
勇士主帅布赖恩·斯尼特克（Brian Snitker）谈到埃尔德（Elder）时说：“看到他最近的状态真让人高兴。他经历过不少困难，但处理得很好。他一直坚持作战，从不找借口，不断努力、调整，如今投出了我们都知道他能展现的水平。这一切都让他在心理上更加强大。”
在他生涯唯一一次面对休斯敦的比赛中（2023年4月21日），埃尔德投了6局，仅失1分（非自责分），最终无关胜负，但太空人以6-4获胜。
September 13 - With a chance to post consecutive victories for the first time in two weeks, the visiting Houston Astros will look to maintain their position in the American League postseason picture against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday.
Houston (80-68) recorded a pivotal 11-3 win in the series opener on Friday, maintaining its tie atop the AL West standings with the Seattle Mariners. As the red-hot Texas Rangers won their fifth straight game and trail the Astros by just two games in the division, Houston will need to continue to take advantage of the Braves (65-82) on Saturday.
Providing much-needed help from an unexpected place, Houston left fielder Zach Cole homered on the first pitch he saw as a major leaguer before finishing with three hits and four RBIs. He helped to give the Astros their first series-opening win since beating the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. 29, though Houston only split the four-game series.
"We brought him up at the right time," Houston manager Joe Espada said of the 25-year-old Cole. "Right now is when we need him. I'm really happy for him. The guys are excited and he really sparked our club."
Hunter Brown (11-7, 2.25 ERA) takes baseball's second-best ERA into play on Friday in the ace's 29th start of the year. After posting a 1.67 ERA in six starts in August, Brown followed with six scoreless innings last Saturday in an 11-0 win over the Rangers.
Last time out, the 26-year-old right-hander allowed one run in 6 1/3 innings in a 4-1 win over the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 8.
"It's nice to see him on this run he's on," Braves manager Brian Snitker said of Elder. "He's been through a lot, but he's handled it well. He kept battling through it, never offered any excuses, kept working, made some adjustments and he got to pitching like we all know he's capable of. All this has made him tougher mentally."
In his only career appearance against Houston, Elder allowed one unearned run across six innings in a no-decision on April 21, 2023, an eventual 6-4 Houston win.
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