Yankees defeat Astros; Take Series

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Astros	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	0
Yankees	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	x	5	9	0

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David Phelps pitches against the Astros on Wednesday. (Getty Images)

The Yankees were able to defeat the Astros on Wednesday by a final score of 5-4. David Phelps replaced Ivan Nova in the rotation tonight and he pitched a decent game. He ran into trouble in the fourth inning when he allowed four runs, which tied the game.

Phelps allowed four runs on eight hits in five and two thirds innings of work. He struck out five and walked one. He finished his night with 87 pitches thrown, in which 58 of them were for strikes.

The Yankees got off to a good start as they scored four runs in the first three innings. Ichiro Suzuki led off the game with a triple and he would later score on an RBI single by Jayson Nix.

In the third inning, Robinson Cano and Ben Francisco would each hit solo home runs.

Eduardo Nunez would score the go-ahead run in the sixth inning on a double play by Ichiro Suzuki. With Lyle Overbay on first base, Ichiro hit a slow groundball to second base. Overbay evades the tag and gets into a run down, which allows Nunez to score. Overbay would eventually get tagged out at second, but with his heads up play, the Yankees were able to take the lead.

Mariano Rivera came on in the ninth inning and shut the door to pick up his eleventh save in eleven opportunities.

The Yankees will enjoy an off day tomorrow and will begin a three game set with the Althletics on Friday.