Houston Astros at Baltimore Orioles

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Houston Astros

71-58, 33-31 Away

Final
10 - 7

Baltimore Orioles

59-69, 30-32 Home

Astros outslug Orioles 10-7 as Jeremy Peña and Christian Walker each hit a 3-run homer

Colton Cowser went deep for Baltimore, but the Orioles couldn't pull this game out despite twice cutting a four-run deficit to one.

Steven Okert (2-2) got the win in relief for Houston, and the Astros — who are without injured closer Josh Hader and lefty reliever Bennett Sousa — held on. Houston Craig Kimbrel and he was with the team, but the AL West-leading Astros didn't use him. Bryan Abreu struck out four to end the game and get his second save.

Rookie catcher Samuel Basallo, who agreed to an eight-year, $67 million contract before the game, did not start for the Orioles, but entered as a pinch hitter in the seventh and tagged out a runner at the plate the following inning.

Peña's drive to left capped a four-run third that included two Baltimore errors. Jeremiah Jackson's two-run double made it 4-3 in the fourth, but after Orioles starter Cade Povich (2-7) was pulled with two outs in the fifth, Yennier Cano came on and immediately gave up Walker's homer.

The Orioles trailed 7-6 after Cowser's solo shot in the seventh, but pinch-hitter Victor Caratini's two-run double in the eighth made it a three-run game, and Peña's comebacker bounced off reliever Corbin Martin and into shallow right-center field for an RBI double.

Orioles infielder Vimael Machín hit a solo homer in the eighth in his first big league plate appearance since 2022.

Houston starter Lance McCullers Jr. allowed three runs in four innings after coming off the injured list (right finger blister).

Key moment Jackson nearly made a diving catch on Caratini's hit with two outs in the eighth, but once the ball got past him in right, two runs scored to make it 9-6.

Key stat The Astros improved to 15-8 in games in which their opponent starts a left-handed pitcher.

Up next Cristian Javier (1-1) starts for Houston on Saturday night against Dean Kremer (9-9) of the Orioles.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Machín struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Basallo struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Beavers struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Mayo hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Urías lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Diaz flied out to right, Altuve to third.

Statistics

HOU		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	17
9	Strikeouts	11
9	Runs Batted In	7
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	38
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	28
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
18	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
156	Pitches	174
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	20
42	Plate Appearances	45
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
6	Extra Base Hits	3
6.5	Runs Created	8.6
.270	Batting Average	.342
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.541	Slugging Percentage	.526
.378	Secondary Average	.395
.341	On Base Percentage	.444
.882	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.971
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.7
6.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.6
62.0	Batter Rating	51.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	19.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.71	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.87
.270	Isolated Power	.184
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.55
.095	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.133
.108	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.053
19.0	Runs Produced	14.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
100.3	MLB Rating	99.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0