Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Houston 12,
Texas 3
When: 8:05 PM ET, Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Where: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Malachi Moore, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Stu Scheurwater
Attendance: 36417
Where: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Malachi Moore, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Stu Scheurwater
Attendance: 36417
Final Scoring Summary
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .316 |
| Grae Kessinger | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .211 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .263 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .293 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .272 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .290 |
| Jake Meyers | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 |
| Chas McCormick | LF-RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Mauricio Dubon | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .275 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .189 |
| Totals | 40 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jeremy Pena (28), Alex Bregman (25), Jose Abreu (18) | |||||||||
| HR - Yordan Alvarez (25), Jose Abreu 2 (14), Michael Brantley (2), Chas McCormick (20) | |||||||||
| TB - Jeremy Pena 3, Yordan Alvarez 4, Alex Bregman 3, Kyle Tucker, Jose Abreu 10, Michael Brantley 5, Chas McCormick 4, Mauricio Dubon, Martin Maldonado | |||||||||
| RBI - Yordan Alvarez 2 (81), Jose Abreu 7 (74), Michael Brantley 2 (6), Chas McCormick (63) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kyle Tucker 2 (51) | |||||||||
| SF - Michael Brantley (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Martin Maldonado 2 (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jose Altuve (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (W 5-2) | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3.43 |
| Kendall Graveman | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.25 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.26 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 100-64, Kendall Graveman 12-8, Ryan Pressly 10-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 4-11, Kendall Graveman 1-1, Ryan Pressly 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 27, Kendall Graveman 4, Ryan Pressly 3 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Marcus Semien | 2B | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| Corey Seager | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .339 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .276 |
| Adolis Garcia | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .244 |
| Robbie Grossman | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| Mitch Garver | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .283 |
| Jonah Heim | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| Travis Jankowski | LF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 |
| Josh H. Smith | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .193 |
| Leody Taveras | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Marcus Semien 2 (22) | |||||||||
| TB - Marcus Semien 10, Nathaniel Lowe | |||||||||
| RBI - Marcus Semien 3 (85) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nathaniel Lowe 2 (67) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Marcus Semien (14, 2nd off Verlander/Maldonado), Travis Jankowski (19, 2nd off Verlander/Maldonado) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Josh H. Smith (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Max Scherzer (L 3-2) | 3.0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3.63 |
| Chris Stratton | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 |
| Jose Leclerc | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.96 |
| Cody Bradford | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.12 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.77 |
| Brock Burke | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.31 |
| WP - Max Scherzer | ||||||||
| HBP - Jose Altuve (by Leclerc) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Max Scherzer 60-40, Chris Stratton 34-17, Jose Leclerc 6-5, Cody Bradford 31-22, Aroldis Chapman 11-9, Brock Burke 26-19 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Max Scherzer 2-3, Chris Stratton 1-1, Jose Leclerc 1-0, Cody Bradford 5-0, Aroldis Chapman 1-0, Brock Burke 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Max Scherzer 18, Chris Stratton 8, Jose Leclerc 3, Cody Bradford 7, Aroldis Chapman 3, Brock Burke 8 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jose Leclerc 2-0, Cody Bradford 1-0 | ||||||||