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Astros Crawfish Boil: April 8th, 2022

I see that opposing fans still haven’t learned that their boos only make the Astros stronger

By CKuno Apr 8, 2022, 8:50am CDT

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Astros News

It was all Framber Valdez last night as he outdueled Shohei Ohtani to get the W in Game 1 of the 2022 season (Astros.com)
And it was so great to see vintage Framber back on the mound (The Athletic, $$$)
Here’s the man himself talking about his pitching performance last night (Twitter - Brian McTaggart)
And here’s last night’s RBI King Alex Bregman talking about his performance from the game (Twitter - Brian McTaggart)
Part of that included back-to-back jacks by Bregman and Yordan Alvarez (Houston Chronicle)
The Astros are now tied with the vaunted Boston Beaneaters as the only two teams in MLB history to win 10 straight Opening Day games (KHOU 11)
Let’s have a look at the power rankings for the Astros top 30 players, starting with numbers 30 through 15 (Apollo Houston)
And then 14 through 1 (Apollo Houston)
Tonight’s game will be streamed exclusively on Apple TV+, and here’s how you can watch for free (Astros.com)

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