Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Texas 3,
Houston 1
When: 8:08 PM ET, Sunday, April 15, 2018
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Adam Hamari, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Tom Hallion
Attendance: 31803
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Adam Hamari, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Tom Hallion
Attendance: 31803
Final Scoring Summary
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Shin-Soo Choo | RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .209 |
| Jurickson Profar | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Nomar Mazara | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .298 |
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .283 |
| Joey Gallo | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 |
| Ronald Guzman | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .333 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .154 |
| Carlos Tocci | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .077 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ronald Guzman (1), Robinson Chirinos (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Robinson Chirinos (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Nomar Mazara, Joey Gallo, Ronald Guzman 2, Robinson Chirinos 6 | |||||||||
| RBI - Robinson Chirinos 3 (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Shin-Soo Choo (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Adrian Beltre (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bartolo Colon | 7.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.45 |
| Alex Claudio | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.62 |
| Keone Kela (W 2-0) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jake Diekman (SV 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Bartolo Colon 96-66, Alex Claudio 4-3, Keone Kela 24-13, Jake Diekman 24-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bartolo Colon 10-4, Alex Claudio 0-1, Keone Kela 0-1, Jake Diekman 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bartolo Colon 25, Alex Claudio 1, Keone Kela 5, Jake Diekman 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Alex Claudio 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | CF-RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .203 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .226 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .344 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .264 |
| Josh Reddick | RF-LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| Yuli Gurriel | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .176 |
| Brian McCann | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .312 |
| Evan Gattis | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .196 |
| Derek Fisher | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .143 |
| Jake Marisnick | PH-CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .158 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Josh Reddick (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve, Josh Reddick 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Yuli Gurriel (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Correa (6), Brian McCann (2), Evan Gattis (4), Jake Marisnick (11) | |||||||||
| SF - Yuli Gurriel (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Josh Reddick (1, 3rd off Claudio/Chirinos) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1.35 |
| Chris Devenski | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 |
| Hector Rondon (L 1-1) | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 |
| HBP - Robinson Chirinos (by Verlander) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 100-73, Chris Devenski 19-13, Hector Rondon 22-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 4-6, Chris Devenski 0-0, Hector Rondon 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 27, Chris Devenski 4, Hector Rondon 6 | ||||||||