Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Houston 4,
LA Angels 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Sunday, September 2, 2018
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Stu Scheurwater, 1B - Gary Cederstrom, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Ramon De Jesus
Attendance: 41506
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Stu Scheurwater, 1B - Gary Cederstrom, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Ramon De Jesus
Attendance: 41506
Final Scoring Summary
LA Angels
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Kole Calhoun | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .225 |
| David Fletcher | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .275 |
| Mike Trout | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .306 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .295 |
| Jose Miguel Fernandez | DH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .275 |
| Taylor Ward | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .207 |
| Francisco Arcia | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .230 |
| Jefry Marte | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .209 |
| Eric Young Jr. | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .222 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Mike Trout, Andrelton Simmons, Jose Miguel Fernandez 2, Taylor Ward, Jefry Marte 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - David Fletcher (23), Jefry Marte (18) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - David Fletcher (15) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kole Calhoun (28), Mike Trout 2 (24), Andrelton Simmons 2 (31), Francisco Arcia (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Shohei Ohtani (L 4-2) | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.31 |
| Jim Johnson | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.62 |
| Odrisamer Despaigne | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.25 |
| Noe Ramirez | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.74 |
| Junichi Tazawa | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Miguel Almonte | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Shohei Ohtani 49-30, Jim Johnson 30-17, Odrisamer Despaigne 23-10, Noe Ramirez 29-17, Junichi Tazawa 26-16, Miguel Almonte 11-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Shohei Ohtani 3-0, Jim Johnson 3-1, Odrisamer Despaigne 0-0, Noe Ramirez 3-1, Junichi Tazawa 1-0, Miguel Almonte 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Shohei Ohtani 11, Jim Johnson 7, Odrisamer Despaigne 4, Noe Ramirez 6, Junichi Tazawa 6, Miguel Almonte 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Noe Ramirez 3-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .254 |
| Jose Altuve | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .321 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .292 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .249 |
| Tyler White | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .306 |
| Jake Marisnick | PR-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | LF-2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .247 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 2B-1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .275 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Tony Kemp | CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .282 |
| Josh Reddick | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| Totals | 31 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - George Springer (24), Tyler White (7) | |||||||||
| HR - George Springer (20), Alex Bregman (27) | |||||||||
| TB - George Springer 7, Alex Bregman 5, Tyler White 2, Martin Maldonado | |||||||||
| RBI - George Springer 2 (63), Alex Bregman (88), Carlos Correa (61) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Tyler White (13), Yuli Gurriel 3 (31) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Martin Maldonado (13) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Gerrit Cole (W 13-5) | 5.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2.86 |
| Tony Sipp | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.20 |
| Joe Smith (H 8) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 |
| Ryan Pressly (H 14) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.89 |
| Hector Rondon (H 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.09 |
| Roberto Osuna (SV 12) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.54 |
| WP - Ryan Pressly | ||||||||
| HBP - Taylor Ward (by Cole), David Fletcher (by Smith) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Gerrit Cole 113-76, Tony Sipp 5-1, Joe Smith 4-2, Ryan Pressly 12-9, Hector Rondon 14-8, Roberto Osuna 9-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gerrit Cole 3-0, Tony Sipp 0-0, Joe Smith 0-0, Ryan Pressly 0-0, Hector Rondon 0-2, Roberto Osuna 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Gerrit Cole 27, Tony Sipp 1, Joe Smith 2, Ryan Pressly 4, Hector Rondon 4, Roberto Osuna 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tony Sipp 2-0, Joe Smith 3-1 | ||||||||