Cristian Javier was wonderful on the mound once again, this time to defeat the Guardians 2-1 on Wednesday night. The 25-year-old Dominican fired 5 2/3 scoreless innings and the Astros won the three-game series against Cleveland. Offensively, two sacrifice flies made it for Houston.
The now full-time starter Javier got his third win of the campaign (3-2) in fashion, allowing only three hits, giving up one walk, and punching out nine hitters. Javier struck out the side in order in the second inning: Josh Naylor, Andrés Giménez, and Ernie Clement. He threw 96 pitches, 63 of them being strikes.