A baseball season always comes with plenty of ups and downs. Nelson Velázquez's August alone included more than its fair share of downs.
The 27-year-old outfielder was designated for ***** ignment twice by two different teams, but just a week after that second team brought him right back, he delivered a huge home run in the Houston Astros' 6-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday at Daikin Park.
It was Velázquez's first hit for the Astros - the team that had designated him for ***** ignment just 11 days earlier - in a stint that had included just 11 at-bats, entering Monday, spread over two stints in August.
"Finally," he said with a smile in a celebratory Astros' clubhouse.
Velázquez was 0-for-12 with a sacrifice fly with his new team when he stepped to the plate with two outs and a runner on third in the fourth inning. He took a 1-1 belt-high fastball from White Sox starter Anthony Kay and blasted it 415 feet, banging it off the concrete barrier below the train tracks in left field.
#august
The 27-year-old outfielder was designated for ***** ignment twice by two different teams, but just a week after that second team brought him right back, he delivered a huge home run in the Houston Astros' 6-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday at Daikin Park.
It was Velázquez's first hit for the Astros - the team that had designated him for ***** ignment just 11 days earlier - in a stint that had included just 11 at-bats, entering Monday, spread over two stints in August.
"Finally," he said with a smile in a celebratory Astros' clubhouse.
Velázquez was 0-for-12 with a sacrifice fly with his new team when he stepped to the plate with two outs and a runner on third in the fourth inning. He took a 1-1 belt-high fastball from White Sox starter Anthony Kay and blasted it 415 feet, banging it off the concrete barrier below the train tracks in left field.
#august
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