Philadelphia Phillies at Houston Astros

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Philadelphia Phillies

47-33, 21-19 Away

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Houston Astros

47-33, 29-13 Home

Astros' pitching shines again in second straight shutout of Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Houston Astros: Game Highlights

Houston starter Colton Gordon (3-1) allowed four singles and struck out four in five innings. Josh Hader struck out one in the ninth for his 21st save.

Jeremy Peña hit a leadoff ground-rule double and scored on a groundball single by Isaac Paredes to give Houston an early lead.

Houston’s pitching staff had retired nine straight when Brandon Marsh singled to right field off Bryan King with one out in the eighth. Trea Turner’s single on a grounder to center field sent Marsh to third before Kyle Schwarber singled on an infield grounder to load the bases.

But, King struck out Alec Bohm before Nick Castellanos grounded out to leave Philadelphia emptyhanded.

Caratini’s solo shot came with two outs in the bottom of the inning to give the Astros an insurance run.

Wednesday’s win comes after the Astros got a 1-0 victory in Tuesday’s series opener.

Philadelphia starter Zack Wheeler (7-3) yielded four hits and a run while striking out eight in six innings.

The Phillies had runners on first and second with one out in the fifth, but Gordon struck out Marsh and Turner to end the threat.

Jake Meyers sprinted to make a catch on the warning track in center field on a ball hit by Bryson Stott for the second out of the seventh inning.

Key moment King shutting the Phillies down after loading the bases in the eighth to preserve the lead.

Key stat Wednesday was the sixth time the Phillies have been shut out this season. Philadelphia has not scored a run in 19 straight innings.

Up next Houston RHP Hunter Brown (8-3, 1.88 ERA), whose ERA leads the majors, opposes LHP Cristopher Sánchez (6-2, 2.87) when the series concludes Thursday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Sosa flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Stott grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Realmuto struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved King
	8th Inning	Smith struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Caratini homered to left center (423 feet).

Statistics

PHI		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	8
10	Strikeouts	10
0	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	125
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	0
7	Total Bases	8
34	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
0.9	Runs Created	1.7
.206	Batting Average	.143
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.206	Slugging Percentage	.286
.000	Secondary Average	.286
.206	On Base Percentage	.250
.412	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.536
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
0.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.8
7.0	Batter Rating	15.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.18	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.000	Isolated Power	.143
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
-.206	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.143
0.0	Runs Produced	3.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	0.5
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
63.8	MLB Rating	66.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0