Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Houston 8,
Texas 2
When: 3:05 PM ET, Sunday, April 1, 2018
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Gabe Morales, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Ed Hickox
Attendance: 26758
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Gabe Morales, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Ed Hickox
Attendance: 26758
Final Scoring Summary
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .200 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .562 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .438 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .154 |
| J.D. Davis | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .143 |
| Max Stassi | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
| Derek Fisher | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 |
| Totals | 39 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Altuve (1), Carlos Correa (3), Evan Gattis 2 (4), Max Stassi (2) | |||||||||
| 3B - Derek Fisher (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Bregman, Jose Altuve 4, Carlos Correa 3, J.D. Davis, Evan Gattis 5, Max Stassi 3, Derek Fisher 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - George Springer (3), Carlos Correa 2 (5), Evan Gattis 3 (3), Max Stassi (2), Derek Fisher (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Evan Gattis 2 (2), Max Stassi (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Bregman (2), Jake Marisnick 3 (4) | |||||||||
| SF - George Springer (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jose Altuve (1, 3rd off Minor/Chirinos), Carlos Correa (1, 2nd off Martin/Chirinos) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Max Stassi (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Gerrit Cole (W 1-0) | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1.29 |
| Chris Devenski | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Ken Giles | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Gerrit Cole 102-65, Chris Devenski 21-15, Ken Giles 11-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gerrit Cole 1-3, Chris Devenski 2-1, Ken Giles 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Gerrit Cole 25, Chris Devenski 5, Ken Giles 3 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .538 |
| Carlos Tocci | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joey Gallo | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 |
| Adrian Beltre | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
| Nomar Mazara | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .214 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Rougned Odor | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .083 |
| Ryan Rua | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .000 |
| Jurickson Profar | 3B-SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Drew Robinson | CF-3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Elvis Andrus (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Joey Gallo (1), Drew Robinson (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Elvis Andrus 2, Joey Gallo 5, Drew Robinson 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Joey Gallo (2), Drew Robinson (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Nomar Mazara (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mike Minor (L 0-1) | 4.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Chris Martin | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 |
| Alex Claudio | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11.57 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nick Gardewine | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.00 |
| HBP - Max Stassi (by Minor) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Mike Minor 93-62, Chris Martin 17-12, Alex Claudio 28-21, Kevin Jepsen 11-7, Nick Gardewine 32-21 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Minor 0-5, Chris Martin 1-0, Alex Claudio 1-0, Kevin Jepsen 0-1, Nick Gardewine 0-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mike Minor 20, Chris Martin 4, Alex Claudio 7, Kevin Jepsen 3, Nick Gardewine 9 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Alex Claudio 1-1, Kevin Jepsen 1-1 | ||||||||