Houston Astros at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Houston Astros

33-28, 11-16 Away

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Pittsburgh Pirates

23-39, 14-17 Home

Pirates rookie Mike Burrows shuts down Astros to pick up first win as a starter in 3-0 victory

Houston Astros vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Game Highlights

Burrows (1-1), whose rise through the Pirates system was slowed by Tommy John surgery in 2023, allowed five hits and struck out six in 5 1/3 innings. The 25-year-old right-hander took a significant step forward after giving up eight runs in 8 1/3 innings across his first two starts since being called up from Triple-A Indianapolis.

David Bednar worked the ninth for his seventh save.

Oneil Cruz and Spencer Horwitz had two hits apiece for Pittsburgh, which snapped a two-game skid. Andrew McCutchen and Isiah Kiner-Falefa both drove in runs against Houston starter Ryan Gusto (3-3) in the second inning to give Burrows all the offense he would need.

Jeremy Peña had two of Houston's seven hits as the Astros lost for just the third time in their last 10 games.

Gusto, who has split time between the bullpen and the starting rotation, labored through 4 1/3 innings. He needed 83 pitches to record 13 outs and was pulled with two on and one out in the fifth. Gusto allowed three runs on eight hits, with two walks and three strikeouts. The right-hander is 0-2 with an 8.22 ERA in his last six appearances.

Key moment Houston's biggest threat came in the sixth when a double by Pena and a walk to Jose Altuve put two on with one out. Pirates reliever Chase Shugart retired the next two hitters, with third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes making a nice play on a grounder by Yainer Diaz to end the threat.

Key stat 11-13: Pittsburgh's record since Don Kelly replaced Derek Shelton as manager on May 8.

Up next The interleague series wraps up on Thursday. Framber Valdez (5-4, 3.12 ERA) gets the start for Houston against Pittsburgh veteran Mitch Keller (1-7, 3.73).

This story has been corrected to note that this is Burrows' first victory as a starter. He had a victory in relief in 2024.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Meyers lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Caratini struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Diaz singled to left.
	9th Inning	Walker struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bednar relieved Ashcraft
	8th Inning	Frazier lined out to center.

Statistics

HOU		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	8
12	Strikeouts	7
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	2
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
11	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	116
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	10
34	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
1.5	Runs Created	3.4
.212	Batting Average	.276
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.273	Slugging Percentage	.345
.091	Secondary Average	.207
.235	On Base Percentage	.333
.508	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.678
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
1.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
11.0	Batter Rating	24.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.52
.061	Isolated Power	.069
0.08	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
-.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.069
0.0	Runs Produced	5.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
65.8	MLB Rating	76.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0