Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 2, Houston 0
When: 8:15 PM ET, Sunday, October 15, 2023
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Stu Scheurwater, 1B - James Hoye, 2B - Doug Eddings, 3B - Marvin Hudson, LF - Jordan Baker, RF - Daniel Bellino
Attendance: 42872
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Texas
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Marcus Semien 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000
Corey Seager SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .250
Mitch Garver DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Adolis Garcia RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Evan Carter LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250
Jonah Heim C 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .333
Nathaniel Lowe 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000
Josh Jung 3B 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333
Leody Taveras CF 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000
Totals 32 2 6 2 2 8 9  
Batting
2B - Evan Carter (1)
HR - Leody Taveras (1)
TB - Corey Seager, Evan Carter 2, Jonah Heim, Josh Jung, Leody Taveras 5
RBI - Jonah Heim (1), Leody Taveras (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Marcus Semien 3 (3)
GIDP - Mitch Garver (1)
Team LOB - 5
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Evan Carter (Altuve at 2nd)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jordan Montgomery (W 1-0) 6.1 5 0 0 1 6 0 0.00
Josh Sborz (H 1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Aroldis Chapman (H 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jose Leclerc (SV 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Jordan Montgomery 90-60, Josh Sborz 12-6, Aroldis Chapman 8-4, Jose Leclerc 16-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jordan Montgomery 5-4, Josh Sborz 1-1, Aroldis Chapman 1-1, Jose Leclerc 1-0
Batters Faced - Jordan Montgomery 25, Josh Sborz 3, Aroldis Chapman 2, Jose Leclerc 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Aroldis Chapman 1-0
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jose Altuve 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000
Alex Bregman 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250
Yordan Alvarez DH 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000
Jose Abreu 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .250
Kyle Tucker RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Chas McCormick LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250
Mauricio Dubon CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333
Jeremy Pena SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Martin Maldonado C 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000
     Yainer Diaz PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 0 5 0 2 7 10  
Batting
TB - Alex Bregman, Jose Abreu, Chas McCormick, Mauricio Dubon, Jeremy Pena
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yordan Alvarez (1), Martin Maldonado 2 (2)
Team LOB - 6
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Justin Verlander (L 0-1) 6.2 6 2 2 2 5 1 2.70
Hector Neris 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Bryan Abreu 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 101-64, Hector Neris 17-11, Bryan Abreu 9-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 4-3, Hector Neris 1-0, Bryan Abreu 1-0
Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 27, Hector Neris 4, Bryan Abreu 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Hector Neris 2-0