Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 1,
Arizona 0
When: 8:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 30, 2023
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Alex Tosi, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Adam Hamari
Attendance: 36789
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Alex Tosi, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Adam Hamari
Attendance: 36789
Final Scoring Summary
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .312 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .261 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .292 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .282 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .235 |
| Chas McCormick | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .276 |
| Mauricio Dubon | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .279 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .192 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Bregman (28), Jose Abreu (23) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Bregman 2, Yordan Alvarez, Kyle Tucker, Jose Abreu 2, Mauricio Dubon, Martin Maldonado | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Abreu (88) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Bregman (47), Yordan Alvarez (36), Mauricio Dubon (41) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jose Altuve (9), Jose Abreu (16) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Kyle Tucker (30, 2nd off Kelly/Moreno) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (W 7-3) | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3.31 |
| Phil Maton (H 10) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Kendall Graveman (H 13) | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 |
| Hector Neris (H 31) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.71 |
| Bryan Abreu (SV 5) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.75 |
| HBP - Alek Thomas (by Maton) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 94-57, Phil Maton 20-12, Kendall Graveman 14-7, Hector Neris 16-11, Bryan Abreu 20-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 4-3, Phil Maton 1-0, Kendall Graveman 1-0, Hector Neris 3-0, Bryan Abreu 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 20, Phil Maton 4, Kendall Graveman 4, Hector Neris 5, Bryan Abreu 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Hector Neris 3-0 | ||||||||
Arizona
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Corbin Carroll | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .285 |
| Ketel Marte | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .276 |
| Tommy Pham | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .256 |
| Christian Walker | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .258 |
| Alek Thomas | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .230 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .260 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .226 |
| Jordan Lawlar | PR-SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .148 |
| Jake McCarthy | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Gabriel Moreno | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .284 |
| Geraldo Perdomo | SS-3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .248 |
| Totals | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Tommy Pham, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Evan Longoria, Jake McCarthy, Gabriel Moreno | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Tommy Pham 2 (44), Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (58), Gabriel Moreno (34), Geraldo Perdomo (48) | |||||||||
| S - Geraldo Perdomo (14) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (20) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Jake McCarthy (4, 2nd by Abreu/Maldonado) | |||||||||
| SB - Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (5, 2nd off Verlander/Maldonado) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Merrill Kelly (L 12-8) | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3.29 |
| Miguel Castro | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 |
| Joe Mantiply | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.62 |
| Luis Frias | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.72 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Merrill Kelly 93-65, Miguel Castro 11-7, Joe Mantiply 14-9, Luis Frias 4-2 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Merrill Kelly 6-4, Miguel Castro 0-0, Joe Mantiply 0-1, Luis Frias 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Merrill Kelly 26, Miguel Castro 3, Joe Mantiply 3, Luis Frias 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Joe Mantiply 1-0 | ||||||||