HOUSTON -- Trent Grisham is hot, and so are the Yankees.

Grisham continued a torrid stretch at the plate on Tuesday night, hitting his second grand slam in five days as the Yankees blitzed the Astros, 7-1 , in the opener of a three-game series at Daikin Park.

Max Fried earned his 15th victory as the Yankees won for the eighth time in nine games to remain 2 1/2 games behind Toronto in the American League East . In joining teammate Carlos Rodón as the AL’s only 15-game winners, Fried (15-5) struck out five in seven innings, allowing a run on four hits and three walks and one hit-by-pitch.

Grisham, who hit a slam against the White Sox on Friday , went the other way with Framber Valdez’s fifth-inning sinker, depositing it in the Crawford Boxes in left field. It gave the Yankees eig

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