Houston Astros at Baltimore Orioles

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

72-58, 34-31 Away

Final
9 - 8

Baltimore Orioles

59-70, 30-33 Home

Walker homers for 3rd straight game, leading Astros to a 9-8 win over Orioles

Carlos Correa, Jesús Sánchez and Victor Caratini homered in a five-run first inning against Orioles starter Dean Kremer. Walker added a go-ahead two-run shot in the seventh inning, his 19th of the season, off Dietrich Enns (1-2).

The Astros banged out 11 hits and moved within a victory of their first four-game sweep since Aug. 29-Sept. 1 2024. Houston has scored 26 runs in the series after entering on a four-game skid in which they were outscored 30-2.

AJ Blubaugh (2-1) allowed two runs in four innings of relief for Houston, which began the night two games in front of Seattle atop the AL West. Bryan King allowed one run in the eighth, and Bryan Abreu worked a perfect ninth for his third save.

Colton Cowser homered and had three RBI for Baltimore, which rallied to tie after trailing 5-0 and 7-5 but never led. Jeremiah Jackson added his first MLB homer in the fourth.

Key moment After a nervy eighth, Abreu needed only nine pitches to shut the door, striking out Ryan Mount Castle and coaxing grounders from Cowser and Samuel Basallo.

Key stat Walker is the second Astros player to homer in three consecutive games this season. Isaac Paredes did it April 11-13.

Up next The Astros will go for the series sweep by sending RHP Spencer Arrighetti (1-4, 6.94 ERA) against Orioles lefty Trevor Rogers (6-2, 1.41) on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Basallo grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Cowser grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Mountcastle struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Abreu relieved King
	9th Inning	Sánchez grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Altuve doubled to left.

Statistics

HOU		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	14
5	Strikeouts	11
8	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	37
4	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
18	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
119	Pitches	181
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
25	Total Bases	17
40	Plate Appearances	42
648.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
6	Extra Base Hits	4
8.0	Runs Created	6.3
.289	Batting Average	.243
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.658	Slugging Percentage	.459
.421	Secondary Average	.405
.325	On Base Percentage	.333
.983	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.793
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
8.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.1
61.0	Batter Rating	53.0
9.5	At Bats Per Home Run	18.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
2.98	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.31
.368	Isolated Power	.216
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.45
.050	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.119
.132	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.162
17.0	Runs Produced	16.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
104.5	MLB Rating	93.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0