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Astros Crawfish Boil: March 2nd, 2021

It may be Spring Training, but a 5-run 9th inning rally is exciting no matter what time of year it is

By CKuno Mar 2, 2021, 9:45am CST

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A 5-run rally in the 9th brought home the W for the Astros’ Spring Training squad in yesterday’s game (Astros.com)
Some highlights included Souza belting the Astros’ first ST homer and the Grapefruit League debut of Nivaldo Rodriguez (Astros.com)
Lowlights included Steve Cishek giving up back-to-back-to-back home runs, but he took it all in stride (Twitter - Mark Berman)
Jake Kaplan did another round of questions from his readers, this time starting with whether or not Correa will be receiving an extension (The Athletic, $$$)
Greinke’s back in camp and looking to get his career totals for steals and home runs up to a nice, round number (Astros.com)
A sentiment which he revealed in a typically Greinke-style interview (Twitter - Mark Berman)
He also talked about how much fun he’s having with his kids at the ballpark now that he can enjoy having them there (Astros.com)
Yordan Alvarez’s workload is increasing as he looks to be ready for the start of the season (CBS Sports)
Here’s a full schedule and guide for how to watch Astros Spring Training games this year (Twitter - Houston Astros)

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