Major League Baseball
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Texas 5,
Houston 4
When: 4:37 PM ET, Monday, October 16, 2023
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mark Ripperger, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Marvin Hudson, 3B - Jordan Baker, LF - Daniel Bellino, RF - Stu Scheurwater
Attendance: 42879
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mark Ripperger, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Marvin Hudson, 3B - Jordan Baker, LF - Daniel Bellino, RF - Stu Scheurwater
Attendance: 42879
Final Scoring Summary
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Marcus Semien | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .222 |
| Corey Seager | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .222 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Evan Carter | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Adolis Garcia | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 |
| Mitch Garver | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 |
| Jonah Heim | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .286 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 |
| Josh Jung | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .143 |
| Leody Taveras | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .750 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Leody Taveras (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Jonah Heim (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Marcus Semien 2, Corey Seager, Adolis Garcia, Mitch Garver, Jonah Heim 4, Nathaniel Lowe, Leody Taveras 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Adolis Garcia (1), Mitch Garver (1), Jonah Heim (2), Nathaniel Lowe (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Marcus Semien (4), Evan Carter (1), Mitch Garver 2 (2), Leody Taveras (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Leody Taveras (1, 2nd off Montero/Maldonado) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Josh Jung (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nathan Eovaldi (W 1-0) | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 |
| Josh Sborz (H 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Aroldis Chapman (H 2) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 |
| Jose Leclerc (SV 2) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Nathan Eovaldi 91-62, Josh Sborz 15-9, Aroldis Chapman 8-5, Jose Leclerc 24-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nathan Eovaldi 6-2, Josh Sborz 2-0, Aroldis Chapman 1-1, Jose Leclerc 2-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nathan Eovaldi 25, Josh Sborz 3, Aroldis Chapman 3, Jose Leclerc 6 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .143 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
| Chas McCormick | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Yainer Diaz | PH-C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Michael Brantley (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Alex Bregman (1), Yordan Alvarez 2 (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Bregman 4, Yordan Alvarez 8, Michael Brantley 3, Chas McCormick | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Bregman (1), Yordan Alvarez 2 (2), Michael Brantley (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Yordan Alvarez (1), Michael Brantley (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Bregman 2 (2), Chas McCormick 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Framber Valdez 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Framber Valdez (L 0-1) | 2.2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 13.50 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| J.P. France | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Phil Maton | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Ryan Pressly | ||||||||
| HBP - Adolis Garcia (by Valdez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Framber Valdez 64-42, Rafael Montero 15-9, J.P. France 38-22, Phil Maton 7-3, Bryan Abreu 11-7, Ryan Pressly 20-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Framber Valdez 2-1, Rafael Montero 0-1, J.P. France 0-2, Phil Maton 2-0, Bryan Abreu 0-0, Ryan Pressly 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Framber Valdez 18, Rafael Montero 4, J.P. France 8, Phil Maton 2, Bryan Abreu 3, Ryan Pressly 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Rafael Montero 1-0, Phil Maton 1-0 | ||||||||