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- Updated: July 28, 2016
HOUSTON — The ball jumped off the bat of Colby Rasmus like it did for much of the first half of the season when he turned on a Masahiro Tanaka split-fingered fastball and sent it soaring over the right-field wall for a two-run homer in the third inning of Wednesday’s 4-1 win over the Yankees at Minute Maid Park.
The hit was a huge sigh of relief for Rasmus, the Astros outfielder who snapped an 0-for-29 funk with his 12th homer of the season, putting the Astros ahead, 4-0. Rasmus entered the game in a 1-for-35 slump in which his only hit was a homer on July 2.
“He did come through at a good time for us, and he’s one swing away throughout all this,” manager A.J. Hinch said. “He’s really struggled to find hits over the last 40 at-bats or so. I know he’s worked …
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