Houston Astros at Colorado Rockies

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Houston Astros

6-5, 1-3 Away

Final
7 - 9

Colorado Rockies

4-6, 2-2 Home

Rockies score 8 runs in the fifth inning and beat the Astros 9-7

Houston Astros vs. Colorado Rockies: Game Highlights

Edouard Julien, TJ Rumfield, and Willi Castro also had multi-hit games as the Rockies banged out 12 hits.

Julien had a two-run single in the fifth inning that started the eight-run outburst. Rumfield had a two-run triple — the first triple of his career — during the scoring outburst. He has reached base safely in all but one game since making his big league debut on March 27.

Johnston added an insurance run with a 407-foot homer in the sixth.

Ryan Feltner (1-0) allowed seven hits and four earned runs while striking out one in 5 1/3 innings for the win. Juan Mejia earned his first save of the season after a hitless 1 2/3 innings to finish the game.

Astros starter Cody Bolton and Ryan Weiss (0-1) combined to allow 11 hits and eight runs.

Carlos Correa had an RBI double and Christian Walker knocked him in with a single in the first, giving the Astros an early lead. Cam Smith added a 462-foot solo homer in the fourth.

The Astros chipped away in the seventh and eighth innings with RBI from Jose Altuve, Joey Loperfido, and Yainer Diaz, but their comeback try fell short.

Up next Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (0-1, 2.89) faces Astros RHP Mike Burrows (1-1, 5.91) in the second game of the series on Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Smith struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Walker fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Correa flied out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Castro at second base.
	9th Inning	Tovar at shortstop.
	8th Inning	Johnston grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

HOU		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
3	Strikeouts	9
7	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
13	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	9
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
6	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
1	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
22	Total Bases	18
42	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
7	Extra Base Hits	3
7.9	Runs Created	7.0
.342	Batting Average	.343
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.579	Slugging Percentage	.514
.289	Secondary Average	.286
.381	On Base Percentage	.410
.960	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.925
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
7.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.5
56.0	Batter Rating	55.5
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.38	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.33
.237	Isolated Power	.171
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.071	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.100
-.053	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.057
14.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
101.8	MLB Rating	100.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0