Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves

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Houston Astros

81-69, 38-37 Away

Final
3 - 8

Atlanta Braves

66-83, 36-39 Home

Albies drives in 3 and León homers in 1st start since 2023 as Braves beat Astros 8-3

Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves: Game Highlights

Matt Olson had two hits, including a homer, as the Braves avoided a three-game sweep and ended Houston's streak of six consecutive wins at Truist Park. León added a two-run shot off former Braves closer Craig Kimbrel in the seventh after driving in a run with a fielder's choice grounder in the second.

Cam Smith homered for Houston, which began the day tied with Seattle for first place in the AL West.

Houston second baseman Jose Altuve was held out after leaving Saturday night’s 6-2 win with discomfort in his right foot. Manager Joe Espada said Altuve reported the foot was still “pretty sore” on Sunday

Hunter Stratton (1-1) allowed one run in two innings in relief of Braves left-hander Joey Wentz, who gave up two runs in four innings.

Key moment Houston left-hander Framber Valdez (12-10) issued three consecutive walks to open the fifth before Albies’ two-run single gave Atlanta a 4-2 lead. Ha-Seong Kim’s third hit, a single up the middle, knocked Valdez out of the game.

Key stat León, who was added to Atlanta's roster on Sept. 8 when Sean Murphy was placed on the injured list, made his first start in the majors since June 7, 2023 with Texas. León, 36, accepted a spot with Triple-A Gwinnett this season. He made his major league debut in 2012 with Washington.

Up next Astros: After completing a nine-game trip, the Astros return to Houston to open a three-game series against Texas on Monday.

Braves: RHP Spencer Strider (5-13, 4.86 ERA) is scheduled to start in Monday night's opener of a four-game series at Washington.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Peña popped out to first.
	9th Inning	Caratini struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Caratini hit for Dubón
	9th Inning	Cole struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Johnson
	8th Inning	White flied out to left.

Statistics

HOU		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	7
3	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	8
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	25
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	21
0	Caught Stealing	0
174	Pitches	161
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	18
37	Plate Appearances	42
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
3.7	Runs Created	7.9
.257	Batting Average	.306
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.371	Slugging Percentage	.500
.200	Secondary Average	.417
.297	On Base Percentage	.405
.669	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.905
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
3.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.5
27.0	Batter Rating	53.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	18.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.70	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.83
.114	Isolated Power	.194
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.86
.054	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
-.057	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.111
6.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
78.5	MLB Rating	98.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Truist Park

Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 32,807 | Capacity:

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