Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Cleveland 3,
Houston 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Dan Merzel, 3B - Stu Scheurwater
Attendance: 25733
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Dan Merzel, 3B - Stu Scheurwater
Attendance: 25733
Final Scoring Summary
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Steven Kwan | LF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .360 |
| Andres Gimenez | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .282 |
| José RamÃrez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .244 |
| Josh Naylor | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .269 |
| David Fry | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .327 |
| Will Brennan | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .228 |
| Estevan Florial | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .212 |
| Tyler Freeman | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .198 |
| Bo Naylor | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .186 |
| Gabriel Arias | CF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
| Brayan Rocchio | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Steven Kwan (6) | |||||||||
| 3B - Steven Kwan (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Will Brennan (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Steven Kwan 6, Andres Gimenez, David Fry 2, Will Brennan 5, Brayan Rocchio | |||||||||
| RBI - Steven Kwan 2 (11), Will Brennan (11) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Steven Kwan (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Andres Gimenez (6), Josh Naylor (15) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Josh Naylor (2), David Fry (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Brayan Rocchio (2, 2nd by Verlander/Caratini) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Andres Gimenez (4) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Steven Kwan (Caratini at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Triston McKenzie | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4.34 |
| Scott Barlow | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.93 |
| Tim Herrin | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.69 |
| Cade Smith (W 1-0) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 |
| Emmanuel Clase (SV 9) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.55 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Triston McKenzie 90-59, Scott Barlow 12-10, Tim Herrin 7-6, Cade Smith 7-4, Emmanuel Clase 5-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Triston McKenzie 6-5, Scott Barlow 1-0, Tim Herrin 1-0, Cade Smith 1-0, Emmanuel Clase 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Triston McKenzie 26, Scott Barlow 3, Tim Herrin 3, Cade Smith 2, Emmanuel Clase 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tim Herrin 1-0, Cade Smith 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .341 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .208 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .254 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .298 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .325 |
| Jon Singleton | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Yainer Diaz | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .284 |
| Trey Cabbage | PR-LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Victor Caratini | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .282 |
| Joey Loperfido | LF-CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .222 |
| Mauricio Dubon | CF-1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .292 |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mauricio Dubon 2 (6) | |||||||||
| HR - Kyle Tucker (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve, Kyle Tucker 4, Jeremy Pena, Jon Singleton, Joey Loperfido, Mauricio Dubon 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Altuve (10), Kyle Tucker (21) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yordan Alvarez (7), Victor Caratini (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jose Altuve (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jeremy Pena (4) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Joey Loperfido (Fry at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2.08 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.45 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.68 |
| Shawn Dubin (L 0-1) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.04 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 97-58, Rafael Montero 11-8, Ryan Pressly 22-14, Shawn Dubin 21-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 5-6, Rafael Montero 1-1, Ryan Pressly 0-0, Shawn Dubin 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 27, Rafael Montero 4, Ryan Pressly 4, Shawn Dubin 5 | ||||||||