Washington Nationals at Houston Astros
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Jose Altuve's four-hit game powers Astros to 9-1 win over Nationals
It was Altuve's second four-hit game of the season and 41st of his career, which extends a franchise record. He was 4 for 4 and scored three times.
Cooper Hummel hit a two-run homer and Yainer Díaz added a three-run shot to help the AL West leaders win a second straight after they snapped a season-long five-game skid with a 7-4 win Tuesday night.
Houston starter rookie Ryan Gusto (7-4) yielded four hits and a run in six innings to bounce back after giving up a season-high eight runs in a loss to the Athletics on Friday night.
There were two on with two outs in the second when Altuve smacked a changeup from MacKenzie Gore (4-11) into the Crawford Boxes to put the Astros on top 4-1.
Mauricio Dubón singled with one out in the sixth and Hummel made it 6-1 and chased Gore with his third homer of the season.
Washington interim manager Miguel Cairo was ejected following Hummel's home run after having words with home plate umpire Ryan Additon.
Zack Short walked after that and Altuve collected his third single before Diaz pushed the lead to 9-1 with his home run to left-center.
Gore allowed eight hits and six runs in 5 1/3 innings.
The Astros have combined for 16 runs in the last two games to get their offense going after managing just eight total runs during their five-game skid.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Millas grounded out to second. |
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9th Inning | Lile flied out to left. |
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9th Inning | DeJong walked, Bell to second. |
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9th Inning | Lowe struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Bell walked. |
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9th Inning | Contreras relieved Okert |
Statistics
 WSH |
 HOU |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 1 |
| 10 | Ground Balls | 7 |
| 9 | Strikeouts | 7 |
| 1 | Runs Batted In | 9 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 5 | Hits | 10 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 4 | Walks | 2 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 1 | Runs | 9 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
| 30 | At Bats | 32 |
| 0 | Home Runs | 3 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 15 | Runners Left On Base | 10 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 0 |
| 12 | Fly Balls | 19 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 1 |
| 164 | Pitches | 143 |
| 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 |
| 5 | Total Bases | 19 |
| 35 | Plate Appearances | 36 |
| 0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 486.0 |
| 0 | Extra Base Hits | 3 |
| 1.0 | Runs Created | 6.5 |
| .167 | Batting Average | .313 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .167 | Slugging Percentage | .594 |
| .133 | Secondary Average | .313 |
| .257 | On Base Percentage | .361 |
| .424 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .955 |
| 0.8 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.4 |
| 1.0 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 7.3 |
| 9.0 | Batter Rating | 55.0 |
| 0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 10.7 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 4.69 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.97 |
| .000 | Isolated Power | .281 |
| 0.44 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.29 |
| .114 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .056 |
| -.033 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .000 |
| 2.0 | Runs Produced | 18.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.3 | Patience Ratio | 0.6 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 63.8 | MLB Rating | 99.5 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
