Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 5, Tampa Bay 1
When: 4:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 28, 2019
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Dan Iassogna, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 25025
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 0031100005101
Tampa Bay 100000000140
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
George Springer RF 5 1 1 3 0 2 3 .200
Jose Altuve 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .500
Alex Bregman 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Michael Brantley LF 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .500
Yuli Gurriel 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500
Tyler White DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250
Robinson Chirinos C 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .333
Aledmys Diaz SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000
Jake Marisnick CF 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 .333
Totals 35 5 10 5 2 8 15  
Batting
2B - Jose Altuve (1), Yuli Gurriel (1), Robinson Chirinos (1)
HR - George Springer (1), Jose Altuve (1), Michael Brantley (1)
TB - George Springer 4, Jose Altuve 6, Michael Brantley 5, Yuli Gurriel 3, Tyler White, Robinson Chirinos 2, Jake Marisnick
RBI - George Springer 3 (3), Jose Altuve (1), Michael Brantley (1)
2-Out RBI - Jose Altuve (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - George Springer 2 (2), Yuli Gurriel (1), Aledmys Diaz (1)
Team LOB - 5
Baserunning
CS - Michael Brantley (1, 2nd by Snell/Zunino), Yuli Gurriel (1, 2nd by Snell/Zunino)
Fielding
E - Aledmys Diaz (1)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Justin Verlander (W 1-0) 7.0 3 1 1 1 9 1 1.29
Ryan Pressly 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Roberto Osuna 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
HBP - Joey Wendle (by Verlander), Joey Wendle (by Verlander)
Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 102-74, Ryan Pressly 13-11, Roberto Osuna 9-5
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 8-1, Ryan Pressly 1-0, Roberto Osuna 0-2
Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 27, Ryan Pressly 4, Roberto Osuna 3
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Austin Meadows RF 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 .250
Tommy Pham LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500
Ji-Man Choi 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000
Brandon Lowe DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Yandy Diaz 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333
Joey Wendle 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Willy Adames SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .000
Kevin Kiermaier CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000
Mike Zunino C 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000
Totals 31 1 4 1 1 12 15  
Batting
2B - Yandy Diaz (1)
HR - Austin Meadows (1)
TB - Austin Meadows 4, Tommy Pham 2, Yandy Diaz 2
RBI - Austin Meadows (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mike Zunino 2 (2)
Team LOB - 6
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Blake Snell (L 0-1) 6.0 6 5 5 2 3 3 7.50
Jalen Beeks 3.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Blake Snell 91-55, Jalen Beeks 54-38
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Blake Snell 5-4, Jalen Beeks 2-0
Batters Faced - Blake Snell 24, Jalen Beeks 13