Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 5, Houston 4
Monday, October 16, 2023 4:37 PM
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
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Texas 401000000581
Houston 010101010462
Texas
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Marcus Semien 2B 5 1 2 0 0 2 .222
Corey Seager SS 5 1 1 0 0 2 .222
Robbie Grossman LF 2 1 0 0 0 0 .000
(S)  Evan Carter LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .167
Adolis Garcia RF 3 1 1 1 0 1 .143
Mitch Garver DH 4 0 1 1 0 1 .125
Jonah Heim C 4 1 1 1 0 2 .286
Nathaniel Lowe 1B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .125
Josh Jung 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .143
Leody Taveras CF 2 0 1 0 2 0 .750
Totals 35 5 8 4 3 12  
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 Avg
Jose Altuve 2B 5 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Alex Bregman 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250
Kyle Tucker RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Yordan Alvarez DH 3 3 2 2 1 1 .286
Jose Abreu 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .143
Michael Brantley LF 3 0 2 1 1 1 .667
Chas McCormick CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250
Jeremy Pena SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Martin Maldonado C 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
(S)  Yainer Diaz PH-C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Totals 34 4 6 4 3 10  
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