Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 8,
Texas 5
When: 8:03 PM ET, Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Where: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - James Hoye, 1B - Marvin Hudson, 2B - Jordan Baker, 3B - Daniel Bellino, LF - Stu Scheurwater, RF - Mark Ripperger
Attendance: 42368
Where: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - James Hoye, 1B - Marvin Hudson, 2B - Jordan Baker, 3B - Daniel Bellino, LF - Stu Scheurwater, RF - Mark Ripperger
Attendance: 42368
Final Scoring Summary
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .154 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 |
| Chas McCormick | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .100 |
| Mauricio Dubon | CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .571 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .182 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .333 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Abreu (1), Kyle Tucker (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Jose Altuve (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 5, Yordan Alvarez 2, Jose Abreu 2, Kyle Tucker 2, Mauricio Dubon 3, Jeremy Pena, Martin Maldonado 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Altuve (1), Yordan Alvarez 2 (4), Mauricio Dubon (1), Jeremy Pena (1), Martin Maldonado 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Yordan Alvarez 2 (3), Martin Maldonado 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Michael Brantley (1), Jose Abreu (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cristian Javier (W 1-0) | 5.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.18 |
| Hector Neris (H 1) | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.75 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Ryan Pressly (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Cristian Javier 85-51, Hector Neris 19-13, Bryan Abreu 17-10, Ryan Pressly 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cristian Javier 3-8, Hector Neris 0-3, Bryan Abreu 1-2, Ryan Pressly 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cristian Javier 21, Hector Neris 6, Bryan Abreu 5, Ryan Pressly 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Hector Neris 1-0 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Marcus Semien | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Corey Seager | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 |
| Evan Carter | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 |
| Adolis Garcia | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
| Jonah Heim | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
| Mitch Garver | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .091 |
| Travis Jankowski | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Josh Jung | 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .273 |
| Leody Taveras | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Evan Carter (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Josh Jung 2 (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Evan Carter 2, Adolis Garcia, Nathaniel Lowe 2, Josh Jung 8 | |||||||||
| RBI - Adolis Garcia (2), Josh Jung 4 (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Adolis Garcia (1), Josh Jung 4 (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Adolis Garcia (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Josh Jung (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Evan Carter (Maldonado at 2nd), Adolis Garcia (Alvarez at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Max Scherzer (L 0-1) | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11.25 |
| Cody Bradford | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chris Stratton | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 |
| Will Smith | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jon Gray | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Martin Perez | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Max Scherzer | ||||||||
| HBP - Yordan Alvarez (by Scherzer) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Max Scherzer 63-42, Cody Bradford 11-7, Chris Stratton 19-10, Will Smith 12-5, Jon Gray 15-9, Martin Perez 18-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Max Scherzer 1-3, Cody Bradford 0-2, Chris Stratton 1-1, Will Smith 0-0, Jon Gray 1-1, Martin Perez 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Max Scherzer 18, Cody Bradford 4, Chris Stratton 6, Will Smith 3, Jon Gray 6, Martin Perez 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Will Smith 2-2, Jon Gray 2-0, Martin Perez 2-0 | ||||||||