Colorado Rockies at Houston Astros

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Colorado Rockies

38-96, 17-51 Away

Final
3 - 4

Houston Astros

74-60, 40-28 Home

Christian Walker homers twice to lead Astros over Rockies 4-3

Colorado Rockies vs. Houston Astros: Game Highlights

The game was tied 3-3 with no outs when Walker sent the first pitch from Luis Peralta (1-2) into left center field. Walker also homered in the first inning to make this the 15th multi-homer game of his career.

Jose Altuve also homered for the Astros, who won a second straight after dropping the series opener.

The Rockies had a chance to take the lead when they loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh. Jordan Beck reached on a catcher’s interference call on César Salazar, but Kaleb Ort struck out Brenton Doyle to leave everyone stranded.

Bryan King (4-3) threw a scoreless eighth for the win and Bryan Abreu allowed one hit in a scoreless ninth for his fourth save.

Altuve and Walker hit back-to-back homers with two outs in the first inning to put Houston up 2-0. Mauricio Dubón scored on a bunt single by Salazar to push the lead to 3-0.

The Rockies loaded the bases with one out in the third and made it 3-1 when Mickey Moniak grounded into a force out that sent a run home.

Ezequiel Tovar homered into the seats in right field with two outs in the fourth.

Yanquiel Fernández tied it when he belted his second homer this season to right field in the fifth.

Key moment Walker’s second home run.

Key stat The Rockies left 10 men on base.

Up next Colorado RHP Germán Márquez (3-11, 5.67 ERA) is expected to come off the injured list Friday to oppose RHP Cade Horton (8-4, 2.88) in the opener of a three-game series against the Cubs.

Houston RHP Cristian Javier (1-1, 5.40) opposes LHP Tyler Anderson (2-8, 4.73) when the Astros open a four-game series with the Los Angeles Angels Friday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Beck struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Karros flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Moniak singled to center.
	9th Inning	Freeman struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Abreu relieved King
	9th Inning	McCormick in left field.

Statistics

COL		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	10
13	Strikeouts	7
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	9
2	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
1	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	119
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	18
40	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
5.4	Runs Created	5.4
.235	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.412	Slugging Percentage	.563
.353	Secondary Average	.344
.333	On Base Percentage	.324
.745	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.886
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
5.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.1
28.0	Batter Rating	34.0
17.0	At Bats Per Home Run	10.7
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.60	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.50
.176	Isolated Power	.281
0.31	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.100	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.063
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
79.0	MLB Rating	87.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0