MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
HOUSTON ASTROS AT TEXAS RANGERS
09/12/2020
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
HOUSTON ASTROS AT TEXAS RANGERS
GAME ID: 2798 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2020 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Astros (91-57) 2 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 14 18 0
Texas Rangers (55-94) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 6 1
Alvarez Slugs 2 Home Runs, Astros Beat Rangers, 14-4
Getting offensive support from Yordan Alvarez, the Houston Astros topped the Texas Rangers, 14-4. Alvarez slugged 2 home runs. He scored 4 runs and drove in 6 for the Astros. Jose Quintana, the winner, improved to 6-2. He held the Rangers to 3 runs on 4 hits over 6 innings, while striking out 4 and walking 3. The victory gives the Astros a record of 91-57.

Alvarez had a key at-bat for Houston early in the game. With a runner on 1st, he hit a run-scoring double. It was his 35th double of the season and gave Houston an early 1-0 lead.

"The name of the game is scoring runs," Alvarez said. "We did a good job of that today."
HOUSTON BATTING LINESCORE TEXAS BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
G. Springer CF, RF 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 .286 42 93
A. Bregman 3B 5 3 2 2 1 2 4 .315 44 119
Y. Alvarez DH 5 4 3 6 1 2 0 .300 40 118
Y. Gurriel 1B 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 .292 37 111
C. Correa SS 3 0 3 2 3 0 0 .250 20 87
K. Calhoun RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 .268 26 76
   a-M. Straw PH, CF 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 .311 0 2
J. Reddick LF 6 1 4 1 0 0 2 .303 17 47
M. Maldonado C 6 0 1 0 0 2 5 .228 14 63
I. Vargas 2B 4 1 1 0 1 2 2 .267 0 5
Totals 44 14 18 13 8 10 26      
a - M. Straw pinch hit for K. Calhoun in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: A. Bregman (44, 2nd Inning off J. Musgrove, 1 on, 2 outs) Y. Alvarez (35, 1st Inning off J. Musgrove, 1 on, 1 out) Y. Gurriel (43, 1st Inning off J. Musgrove, 1 on, 1 out) C. Correa (24, 9th Inning off C. Smith, 1 on, 1 out) G. Springer (22, 2nd Inning off J. Musgrove, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: Y. Alvarez 2 (40, 2nd Inning off J. Musgrove, 1 on, 2 outs; 3rd Inning off J. Hernandez, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: A. Bregman 3 , Y. Alvarez 10 , Y. Gurriel 3 , C. Correa 4 , G. Springer 2 , I. Vargas , J. Reddick 4 , M. Maldonado , M. Straw
2-out RBI: A. Bregman , Y. Alvarez , J. Reddick
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Bregman , K. Calhoun , J. Reddick , M. Maldonado 2
Hit by Pitch: Y. Gurriel
Team LOB: 12

BASERUNNING
CS: I. Vargas (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Puello RF 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 .266 7 37
N. Solak 2B 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .296 23 94
D. Dahl LF 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 .368 8 24
B. Anderson 3B 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 .258 7 32
N. Lowe 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .230 19 72
C. Sisco C 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 .331 9 28
D. Fowler CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .272 10 47
E. Gattis DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .270 3 13
E. White SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .254 7 24
Totals 33 4 6 4 4 9 10      
BATTING
Doubles: B. Anderson (14, 6th Inning off J. Quintana, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: C. Sisco (9, 8th Inning off B. Peacock, 0 on, 2 outs) D. Dahl (8, 1st Inning off J. Quintana, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: B. Anderson 2 , C. Sisco 4 , D. Dahl 4 , C. Puello 2 , N. Solak
2-out RBI: C. Sisco , D. Dahl
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: E. White , D. Dahl
Hit by Pitch: E. White
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: E. White (6)

FIELDING
Errors: D. Dahl (4)
Double Plays: 1 (Sisco-Solak)
OF assists: 1 (Puello (Correa at home))
HOUSTON PITCHING LINESCORE TEXAS PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
J. Quintana W (6-2) 6.0 4 3 3 3 4 1 89 52 6.71   
J. James 1.1 0 0 0 1 3 0 34 18 5.07   
B. Peacock 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 1 28 20 4.84   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Quintana 53
Batters Faced: J. Quintana 25, J. James 6, B. Peacock 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Quintana 9-5, J. James 0-1, B. Peacock 3-0
Pitches - Strikes: J. Quintana 89-52, J. James 34-18, B. Peacock 28-20
Hit Batsmen: J. James
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
J. Musgrove L (3-6) 1.2 6 5 5 1 3 1 52 30 5.13   
J. Palumbo 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 18 8 8.06   
J. Hernandez 0.1 2 4 4 2 0 1 26 12 7.92   
J. Chavez 0.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 11 6.28   
J. Fields 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 11 6.75   
B. Martin 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 12 4.03   
D. Evans 0.1 0 3 2 2 1 0 15 6 13.50   
E. Volquez 0.2 2 0 0 1 0 0 21 14 10.65   
C. Smith 1.2 3 1 1 0 3 0 29 18 7.33   
B. Honeywell Jr. 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 5.85   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Musgrove 19
Batters Faced: J. Musgrove 12, J. Palumbo 4, J. Hernandez 5, J. Chavez 5, J. Fields 4, B. Martin 6, D. Evans 4, E. Volquez 5, C. Smith 6, B. Honeywell Jr. 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Musgrove 2-0, J. Palumbo 1-0, J. Hernandez 0-1, J. Chavez 0-2, J. Fields 1-1, B. Martin 3-1, D. Evans 0-0, E. Volquez 2-0, C. Smith 0-0, B. Honeywell Jr. 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Musgrove 52-30, J. Palumbo 18-8, J. Hernandez 26-12, J. Chavez 16-11, J. Fields 16-11, B. Martin 18-12, D. Evans 15-6, E. Volquez 21-14, C. Smith 29-18, B. Honeywell Jr. 5-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Hernandez 1-1 , J. Fields 2-0 , E. Volquez 3-3 , C. Smith 1-0 , B. Honeywell Jr. 1-0
WP: J. Hernandez
Hit Batsmen: J. Palumbo
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Yordan Alvarez
Ballpark: Globe Life Field
Weather: Partly Cloudy (77 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 11 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM ET
Time: 4:25
Attendance: 35043
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