Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 4,
Texas 1
When: 3:35 PM ET, Thursday, March 29, 2018
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Ron Kulpa, 2B - Ed Hickox, 3B - Gabe Morales
Attendance: 47253
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Ron Kulpa, 2B - Ed Hickox, 3B - Gabe Morales
Attendance: 47253
Final Scoring Summary
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .333 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .333 |
| Josh Reddick | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 |
| Brian McCann | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Bregman (1), Carlos Correa (1) | |||||||||
| HR - George Springer (1), Jake Marisnick (1) | |||||||||
| TB - George Springer 4, Alex Bregman 2, Carlos Correa 2, Marwin Gonzalez, Jake Marisnick 4, Brian McCann | |||||||||
| RBI - George Springer (1), Jose Altuve (1), Carlos Correa (1), Jake Marisnick (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jake Marisnick (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Marwin Gonzalez (1), Evan Gattis (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Jose Altuve (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Marwin Gonzalez (1), Jake Marisnick (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (W 1-0) | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chris Devenski (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brad Peacock | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ken Giles | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 |
| WP - Ken Giles | ||||||||
| HBP - Nomar Mazara (by Verlander) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 90-53, Chris Devenski 12-9, Brad Peacock 14-9, Ken Giles 17-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 2-6, Chris Devenski 0-0, Brad Peacock 1-1, Ken Giles 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 23, Chris Devenski 3, Brad Peacock 3, Ken Giles 5 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Delino DeShields | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Joey Gallo | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 |
| Nomar Mazara | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .000 |
| Rougned Odor | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Ryan Rua | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Elvis Andrus (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Elvis Andrus 3, Adrian Beltre 2, Shin-Soo Choo, Rougned Odor | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nomar Mazara (1), Robinson Chirinos (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Shin-Soo Choo (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| PO - Rougned Odor (1st by Verlander) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cole Hamels (L 0-1) | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4.76 |
| Jose Leclerc | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chris Martin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Matt Bush | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Cole Hamels 94-54, Jose Leclerc 3-3, Chris Martin 12-8, Matt Bush 22-11, Kevin Jepsen 14-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole Hamels 5-2, Jose Leclerc 0-0, Chris Martin 1-0, Matt Bush 0-1, Kevin Jepsen 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cole Hamels 24, Jose Leclerc 1, Chris Martin 3, Matt Bush 6, Kevin Jepsen 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jose Leclerc 1-0 | ||||||||