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I'm going to start going by series and provide summaries with news and notes.
April 29-30: vs. Washington Nationals (12-14)
Game 1: Houston 3, Washington 2- Chris Carter hit his seventh home run, Jarred Cosart gave up just two runs over eight innings. Jesse Crain picked up his third save.
Game 2: Houston 3, Washington 1- Mike Olt hit his first MLB home run, a two-run shot and Brad Peacock struck out six over eight one-run innings. Jesse Crain picked up his fourth save.
Season
Record: 15-13, .536, 1.5 GB
News
Houston finished April two games above .500 at 15-13
Toronto's Edwin Encarnacion was named AL Player of the Month (.320, 10 HR, 29 RBI, 20 R)
New York's Masahiro Tanaka was named AL Pitcher of the Month (4-2, 2.00 ERA, 44 K, 45 IP)
Atlanta's Freddie Freeman was named NL Player of the Month (.311, 10 HR, 25 RBI, 16 R)
St Louis's Trevor Rosenthal was named NL Pitcher of the Month (15 APP, 12 SV, 21 K, 16.1 IP)
Tampa Bay's Kevin Kiermaier was named AL Rookie of the Month (.362, 12 RBI)
Philadelphia's Maikel Franco was named NL Rookie of the Month (.221, 6 HR, 18 RBIs)
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