Houston Astros romp in the Bronx, beat New York Yankees 9-1

New York: Carlos Corporan homered among his four hits and drove in four runs and Brandon Barnes had three hits and three RBIs as the Houston Astros fitted comfortably into the role of a slugging American League squad Monday night in a 9-1 romp over the New York Yankees.

In their first game in the Bronx as an AL team, the Astros peppered Andy Pettitte for 10 hits and seven runs, both season highs for the lefty. Barnes and Corporan had two-run doubles and Barnes added an RBI single and a double. Barnes and Corporan each set career highs for hits and RBIs.

Houston bounced back from a four-game sweep in Boston with an enthusiastic win over the Yankees, who had just taken four straight from Toronto.

The Astros had 17 hits in improving the AL’s worst record to 8-18 and scored their first five runs with two outs.

Lucas Harrell (3-2) kept New York grounded. The Yankees did not hit the ball in the air against the sinkerballer until Brett Gardner blooped a single to left field with one out in the sixth — eliciting a mock cheer from those that remained from the announced crowd of 34,262 on a dank night.