Yankees smash three homers, bottom of the order comes through in 8-3 win over Astros

The Yankees  hit three solo shots and the bottom of the order had seven hits as New York extended their winning streak to eight games after an 8-3 win over the Astros on Saturday night in Houston. New York used power, contact, good pitching and defense to keep the Astros off the board. They outhit Houston 12-7 and drew 10 walks, while Yankees pitching only allowed two walks.

Here are the takeaways... - Ryan Weathers returned to the team from paternity leave and faced an uphill climb early . Carlos Correa led off the first with a double and eventually scored from third on a one-out single by Isaac Paredes.

The young left-hander would settle in, but the long ball would get Weathers in the sixth. Correa launched a solo shot to tie the game at 2-2. The Astros would hit Weathers hard, even on outs, and manager Aaron Boone noticed it, taking out Weathers with one out in the sixth and a runner on for Fernando Cruz.

Cruz walked Jose Altuve but bounced back to strike out Christian Walker and Yainer Diaz to get out of the inning and put an end to Weathers' night. The Yankees southpaw tossed 86 pitches (56 strikes) across 5. 1 innings, allowing two runs on six hits, no walks and striking out four.