Major League Baseball
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Texas 7,
Houston 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, July 28, 2018
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - David Rackley, 1B - Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B - Sean Barber, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 43093
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - David Rackley, 1B - Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B - Sean Barber, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 43093
Final Scoring Summary
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Shin-Soo Choo | DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .281 |
| Rougned Odor | 2B | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .274 |
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .292 |
| Joey Gallo | RF-LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .191 |
| Ronald Guzman | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .238 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 |
| Willie Calhoun | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .233 |
| Delino DeShields | PR-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .204 |
| Carlos Tocci | CF-RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .161 |
| Totals | 42 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Rougned Odor (15) | |||||||||
| HR - Rougned Odor 2 (9), Joey Gallo (26), Isiah Kiner-Falefa (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Rougned Odor 12, Elvis Andrus 3, Adrian Beltre, Joey Gallo 4, Isiah Kiner-Falefa 5, Willie Calhoun 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Rougned Odor 2 (30), Adrian Beltre (33), Joey Gallo 3 (59), Isiah Kiner-Falefa (27) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Isiah Kiner-Falefa (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Elvis Andrus (19), Ronald Guzman (33), Carlos Tocci 2 (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Rougned Odor (8, 2nd by Verlander/Stassi) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ariel Jurado (W 1-1) | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.22 |
| Jose Leclerc (H 13) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.39 |
| Jake Diekman (H 14) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.79 |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.75 |
| WP - Austin Bibens-Dirkx | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ariel Jurado 76-47, Jose Leclerc 6-4, Jake Diekman 18-10, Austin Bibens-Dirkx 20-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ariel Jurado 8-3, Jose Leclerc 1-0, Jake Diekman 0-0, Austin Bibens-Dirkx 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ariel Jurado 21, Jose Leclerc 3, Jake Diekman 3, Austin Bibens-Dirkx 5 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .252 |
| Alex Bregman | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .280 |
| Josh Reddick | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .251 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .292 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .230 |
| J.D. Davis | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .186 |
| Max Stassi | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Kyle Tucker | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Max Stassi (13) | |||||||||
| HR - George Springer (18), Alex Bregman (22) | |||||||||
| TB - George Springer 5, Alex Bregman 4, Evan Gattis, Max Stassi 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - George Springer (55), Alex Bregman 2 (70) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Josh Reddick (24) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Marwin Gonzalez (8) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Kyle Tucker (2), Marwin Gonzalez (8), J.D. Davis (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (L 10-6) | 5.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2.24 |
| Will Harris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.46 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.51 |
| Tony Sipp | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 |
| Hector Rondon | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.41 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 99-69, Will Harris 15-10, Ryan Pressly 13-8, Tony Sipp 14-7, Hector Rondon 19-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 4-2, Will Harris 1-0, Ryan Pressly 1-1, Tony Sipp 0-1, Hector Rondon 4-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 24, Will Harris 4, Ryan Pressly 4, Tony Sipp 4, Hector Rondon 7 | ||||||||