Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros

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Chicago Cubs

49-35, 24-20 Away

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Houston Astros

50-34, 32-14 Home

Jose Altuve homers and Framber Valdez tosses six shutout innings in Astros' 2-0 win over Cubs

Chicago Cubs vs. Houston Astros: Game Highlights

Altuve’s 13th home run of the season broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning. It was his first extra base hit in 34 at bats and the Astros' only extra base hit of the game.

Valdez (9-4) struck out six while allowing five hits and two walks. Only one man reached third base against him. He exited with two on and nobody out in the seventh, but Bryan Abreu replaced him and retired Michael Busch, Vidal Bruján and Ian Happ to work out of trouble.

Abreu pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning. He struck out four of the six men he faced.

Josh Hader retired the side in order in the ninth inning to convert on his franchise record 23rd straight save opportunity to start the season.

Jameson Taillon (7-6) matched zeroes with Valdez until Altuve’s home run on his 107th and final pitch of his outing. He struck out four while giving up five hits and one walk over 4 2/3 innings.

The bullpen trio of Ryan Brasier, Ryan Pressly and Brad Keller held the Astros to two hits over 3 1/3 innings.

Key Moment Altuve’s fifth inning, two-run homer to break the scoreless tie.

Key Stat The Astros are unbeaten in their last 11 series, dating back to May 22, going 9-0-2 in that span.

Up Next The Cubs open a three-game series against the Guardians on Tuesday with LHP Matthew Boyd (7-3 2.65 ERA) against RHP Gavin Williams (5-3 3.68 ERA).

The Astros open a three-game series at the Rockies on Tuesday with LHP Colton Gordon (3-1 3.98 ERA) against RHP Chase Dollander (2-8 6.06 EA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Hoerner fouled out to catcher.
	9th Inning	Kelly flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Crow-Armstrong struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Abreu
	8th Inning	Walker grounded out to third.
	8th Inning	Diaz singled to left.

Statistics

CHC		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
11	Strikeouts	6
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
126	Pitches	150
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	10
34	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
1.2	Runs Created	2.5
.156	Batting Average	.219
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.219	Slugging Percentage	.313
.156	Secondary Average	.156
.206	On Base Percentage	.242
.425	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.555
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
10.0	Batter Rating	19.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.71	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.55
.063	Isolated Power	.094
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.063
0.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
62.3	MLB Rating	72.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0