Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Texas 9,
Houston 2
When: 8:03 PM ET, Sunday, October 22, 2023
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jordan Baker, 1B - Stu Scheurwater, 2B - Mark Ripperger, 3B - James Hoye, LF - Doug Eddings, RF - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 42368
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jordan Baker, 1B - Stu Scheurwater, 2B - Mark Ripperger, 3B - James Hoye, LF - Doug Eddings, RF - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 42368
Final Scoring Summary
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Marcus Semien | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .208 |
| Corey Seager | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .192 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Evan Carter | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .238 |
| Adolis Garcia | RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .261 |
| Mitch Garver | DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| Travis Jankowski | PR-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jonah Heim | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .261 |
| Josh Jung | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
| Leody Taveras | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .294 |
| Totals | 37 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mitch Garver (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Adolis Garcia (3), Mitch Garver (1), Jonah Heim (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Marcus Semien 2, Evan Carter, Adolis Garcia 4, Mitch Garver 7, Jonah Heim 4, Nathaniel Lowe, Leody Taveras | |||||||||
| RBI - Corey Seager (2), Adolis Garcia 4 (10), Mitch Garver 2 (3), Jonah Heim 2 (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jonah Heim 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Corey Seager (2), Evan Carter (4), Nathaniel Lowe (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Josh Jung (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Evan Carter (1, 2nd off Abreu/Maldonado) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nathan Eovaldi (W 2-0) | 6.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.65 |
| Josh Sborz (H 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jose Leclerc (H 1) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 |
| Andrew Heaney | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 |
| HBP - Martin Maldonado (by Eovaldi) | ||||||||
| IBB - Yordan Alvarez (by Eovaldi) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Nathan Eovaldi 88-51, Josh Sborz 16-9, Jose Leclerc 16-9, Andrew Heaney 4-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nathan Eovaldi 7-3, Josh Sborz 1-0, Jose Leclerc 0-0, Andrew Heaney 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nathan Eovaldi 28, Josh Sborz 4, Jose Leclerc 3, Andrew Heaney 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Josh Sborz 1-0, Jose Leclerc 2-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .296 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .167 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .182 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .435 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .261 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .143 |
| Mauricio Dubon | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .300 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 |
| Jonathan Singleton | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Grae Kessinger | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Yainer Diaz | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 2, Yordan Alvarez 2, Jose Abreu 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Yordan Alvarez (8), Mauricio Dubon (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Abreu (3), Kyle Tucker (2), Jonathan Singleton 2 (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Mauricio Dubon (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Michael Brantley (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jose Altuve (1, 2nd off Eovaldi/Heim) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jose Altuve (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Framber Valdez (L 0-2) | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8.22 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Rafael Montero | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.80 |
| HBP - Corey Seager (by Stanek) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Framber Valdez 84-54, Phil Maton 8-7, Hector Neris 14-6, Bryan Abreu 20-14, Rafael Montero 20-14, Ryne Stanek 15-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Framber Valdez 4-1, Phil Maton 1-1, Hector Neris 2-0, Bryan Abreu 0-1, Rafael Montero 1-0, Ryne Stanek 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Framber Valdez 21, Phil Maton 3, Hector Neris 5, Bryan Abreu 5, Rafael Montero 3, Ryne Stanek 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryne Stanek 3-3 | ||||||||