HOUSTON -- The Astros have been wanting, and waiting for, rookie right fielder Cam Smith to start pulling the ball more. Of his first nine hits in the big leagues, only two were hit to left field, including his first career home run a week ago.

Smith clearly has shown he can hit pitches to the opposite field, but pulling the ball has been a work in progress and perhaps the last piece to him becoming an elite big-league hitter. So when a sellout Daikin Park crowd roared in approval when he homered to left field in his first two at-bats Friday night in the Astros’ 6-4 win over the Padres, manager Joe Espada was roaring, too.

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