Houston Astros at Baltimore Orioles

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

70-58, 32-31 Away

Final
7 - 2

Baltimore Orioles

59-68, 30-31 Home

Walker and Diaz hit HRs, Sánchez goes 5 for 5 as Astros beat Orioles 7-2 to end 4-game skid

The Astros scored early and often against Baltimore rookie Brandon Young, who six days earlier in Houston had a perfect game ruined with two outs in the eighth inning. In the rematch, the AL West leaders built a 7-1 lead in the third and coasted.

Walker hit a two-run homer in the first, Carlos Correa singled in two runs in the second and Diaz connected in the third with a runner on after Sánchez delivered an RBI single.

Sánchez broke an 0-for-29 skid with a first-inning single and finished 5 for 5, his most productive day with Houston since being acquired from Miami in a July 31 trade. The five hits tied a career high.

Young (1-7) gave up seven runs and nine hits before leaving with one out in the sixth after hurting his left hamstring while covering first base on a grounder.

Jason Alexander (4-1) allowed two runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings for Houston. Since being claimed off waivers from the Athletics on May 18, the right-hander is 4-1 with a save in eight appearances.

Dylan Beavers hit his first major league homer for Baltimore in the second inning and added a run-scoring groundout in the sixth.

The Orioles had won three straight and six of seven.

Key moment Walker's 17th home run with two outs in the first got the Astros rolling against Young, who yielded only one hit in Houston on Aug. 15.

Key stat Not only did Sánchez end his slump, but Houston C Victor Caratini broke an 0-for-17 run with a second-inning single.

Up next Astros RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (2-4, 6.90 ERA) faces Baltimore lefty Cade Povich (2-6, 4.98) on Friday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Henderson flied out to right.
	9th Inning	J. Jackson reached on infield single to third, Holliday to second, Holliday safe at third on throwing error by third baseman Correa.
	9th Inning	Holliday grounded into fielder's choice to third, Beavers out at second.
	9th Inning	Carlson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Beavers walked.
	9th Inning	King relieved Ort

Statistics

HOU		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
22	Ground Balls	13
2	Strikeouts	7
7	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	141
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
20	Total Bases	12
42	Plate Appearances	39
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
7.1	Runs Created	3.9
.308	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.513	Slugging Percentage	.333
.282	Secondary Average	.167
.357	On Base Percentage	.308
.870	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.641
1.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
7.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.9
50.0	Batter Rating	20.0
19.5	At Bats Per Home Run	36.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.26	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.62
.205	Isolated Power	.083
1.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.071	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.077
-.026	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.083
14.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
98.5	MLB Rating	76.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0