Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 4,
San Francisco 1
When: 2:10 PM ET, Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Mike Winters, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Ramon De Jesus
Attendance: 31929
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Mike Winters, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Ramon De Jesus
Attendance: 31929
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 5 | 0 |
San Francisco
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Gorkys Hernandez | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .287 |
| Andrew McCutchen | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .237 |
| Buster Posey | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .305 |
| Brandon Belt | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .317 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .246 |
| Brandon Crawford | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .310 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .236 |
| Nick Hundley | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .256 |
| Kelby Tomlinson | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .239 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Buster Posey (11) | |||||||||
| 3B - Gorkys Hernandez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Gorkys Hernandez 4, Buster Posey 2, Brandon Belt 2, Brandon Crawford | |||||||||
| RBI - Buster Posey (16) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brandon Belt (21), Pablo Sandoval (11), Nick Hundley (9) | |||||||||
| SF - Buster Posey (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Andrew McCutchen (2), Brandon Crawford (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Samardzija (L 1-3) | 4.2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6.23 |
| Will Smith | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sam Dyson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.82 |
| Cory Gearrin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Samardzija 97-51, Will Smith 17-11, Sam Dyson 12-8, Cory Gearrin 14-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Samardzija 5-4, Will Smith 1-2, Sam Dyson 3-0, Cory Gearrin 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Samardzija 22, Will Smith 4, Sam Dyson 4, Cory Gearrin 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Will Smith 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .272 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .313 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .219 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Brian McCann | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .238 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 |
| Tony Kemp | CF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Totals | 29 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - George Springer (10) | |||||||||
| TB - George Springer 5, Alex Bregman, Carlos Correa 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - George Springer 2 (31), Carlos Correa (32) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Carlos Correa (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brian McCann (13) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Alex Bregman (3, 3rd by Samardzija/Hundley), Tony Kemp (1, 2nd by Samardzija/Hundley) | |||||||||
| SB - Alex Bregman (5, 2nd off Samardzija/Hundley), Jose Altuve (4, 2nd off Samardzija/Hundley) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (W 6-2) | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.08 |
| Will Harris (H 7) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.24 |
| Brad Peacock (H 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.83 |
| Ken Giles (SV 9) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 |
| WP - Will Harris | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 97-64, Will Harris 14-11, Brad Peacock 15-11, Ken Giles 9-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 3-6, Will Harris 0-0, Brad Peacock 0-1, Ken Giles 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 22, Will Harris 4, Brad Peacock 4, Ken Giles 4 | ||||||||