Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Pittsburgh 5,
Houston 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, July 29, 2024
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Austin Jones, 2B - Nestor Ceja, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 40522
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Austin Jones, 2B - Nestor Ceja, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 40522
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Joshua Palacios | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .230 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .209 |
| Bryan Reynolds | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .288 |
| Oneil Cruz | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .253 |
| Rowdy Tellez | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .248 |
| Joey Bart | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .237 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
| Ji-Hwan Bae | CF-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| Connor Joe | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .237 |
| Jared Triolo | 2B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .199 |
| Yasmani Grandal | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .184 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Oneil Cruz (22), Jared Triolo (6) | |||||||||
| HR - Michael A. Taylor (3), Yasmani Grandal (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Michael A. Taylor 5, Bryan Reynolds, Oneil Cruz 2, Jared Triolo 2, Yasmani Grandal 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Michael A. Taylor 3 (17), Oneil Cruz (54), Yasmani Grandal (18) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Michael A. Taylor 3 (7), Oneil Cruz (24), Yasmani Grandal (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Oneil Cruz 2 (37), Joey Bart 2 (23), Connor Joe (22) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Michael A. Taylor (9, 3rd off Abreu/Caratini), Bryan Reynolds (6, 2nd off Abreu/Caratini), Ke'Bryan Hayes 2 (10, 2nd off Abreu/Caratini, 3rd off Hader/Caratini), Jared Triolo (5, 2nd off Hader/Caratini) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Ke'Bryan Hayes (5), Paul Skenes (1), Oneil Cruz (16) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Connor Joe (Caratini at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Paul Skenes | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1.90 |
| Carmen Mlodzinski | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 |
| Aroldis Chapman (W 4-4) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.63 |
| David Bednar (SV 19) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.95 |
| WP - Paul Skenes | ||||||||
| HBP - Victor Caratini (by Skenes) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Paul Skenes 101-65, Carmen Mlodzinski 11-5, Aroldis Chapman 15-13, David Bednar 20-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Paul Skenes 4-2, Carmen Mlodzinski 1-0, Aroldis Chapman 1-1, David Bednar 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Paul Skenes 25, Carmen Mlodzinski 3, Aroldis Chapman 5, David Bednar 7 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .311 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .254 |
| Yordan Alvarez | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .299 |
| Chas McCormick | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 |
| Yainer Diaz | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .287 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .279 |
| Jon Singleton | 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .234 |
| Mauricio Dubon | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .271 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .236 |
| Victor Caratini | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Trey Cabbage | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .225 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yainer Diaz (18) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 2, Alex Bregman, Yordan Alvarez 2, Yainer Diaz 2, Jon Singleton, Victor Caratini 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Altuve (47), Yordan Alvarez (55) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Yordan Alvarez (23) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yainer Diaz 2 (39), Jeremy Pena (35), Mauricio Dubon (27) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Yordan Alvarez (10), Jake Meyers (8) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Tayler Scott | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.37 |
| Kaleb Ort | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.59 |
| Bryan Abreu (H 25) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 |
| Ryan Pressly (BS 6) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.54 |
| Josh Hader (L 4-6) | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.11 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Tayler Scott 35-22, Kaleb Ort 26-18, Bryan Abreu 30-18, Ryan Pressly 25-12, Josh Hader 30-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Tayler Scott 2-0, Kaleb Ort 4-1, Bryan Abreu 1-0, Ryan Pressly 1-0, Josh Hader 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Tayler Scott 9, Kaleb Ort 10, Bryan Abreu 6, Ryan Pressly 7, Josh Hader 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Bryan Abreu 1-0 | ||||||||