Summary
2/19/2024 8:32PM PST
W: Justin Verlander (19-4, 1.75), L: Mason Miller (0-1, 0.00)
Game Log
Inning 1:
Athletics batting. Verlander pitching. Noda struck out chasing a high fastball. Gelof struck out chasing a slider low and away. Brown grounded to third baseman for a single. Rooker struck out chasing a slider low and away.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 1 Pitches: 19 Runners Left On: 1
Astros batting. Miller pitching. Altuve doubled and deflected off left fielder Ruiz. Bregman grounded out to Diaz (5-3). Alvarez walked. Abreu bunted out to Langeliers (2-3). Altuve advances to 3rd. Alvarez advances to 2nd. Brantley grounded out to Noda (3U).
Runs: 0 Hits: 1 Walks: 1 Errors: 0 Pitches: 22 Runners Left On: 2
Inning 2:
Athletics batting. Langeliers struck out chasing an outside slider. Ruiz walked. Diaz struck out chasing a slider low and away. Ruiz advances to 2nd. Ruiz stole 3rd. Butler bunted and deflected off catcher Maldonado for a single.
Runs: 0 Hits: 1 Walks: 1 Errors: 0 Pitches: 18 Runners Left On: 0
Astros batting. Tucker struck out chasing a low curveball. McCormick grounded out to Diaz (5-3). Pena chopped and deflected off third baseman Diaz for a single. Maldonado lined to left for a single. Pena advances to 3rd. Altuve homered to left (387 feet). Pena scores. Maldonado scores.* Bregman walked. Alvarez walked. Abreu struck out chasing an inside fastball.
Runs: 3 Hits: 3 Walks: 2 Errors: 0 Pitches: 42 Runners Left On: 2
Inning 3:
Athletics batting. Allen grounded out to Altuve (4-3). Noda was called out on strikes looking on a slider low and away. Gelof walked. Gelof stole 2nd. Brown flied out to Brantley (F7).
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 1 Errors: 0 Pitches: 19 Runners Left On: 1
Astros batting. Brantley lined to left for a single. Tucker struck out on a slider low and in. McCormick grounded to right for a single. Brantley advances to 2nd. Muller pitching. Pena struck out chasing a low changeup. Maldonado struck out swinging late at a changeup low and in.
Runs: 0 Hits: 2 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 23 Runners Left On: 2
Inning 4:
Athletics batting. Rooker struck out chasing a curveball low and in. Langeliers doubled (ground rule double). Ruiz struck out chasing a slider low and away. Langeliers advances to 3rd. Diaz struck out chasing a changeup low and in.
Runs: 0 Hits: 1 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 19 Runners Left On: 1
Astros batting. Altuve tripled to right. Bregman reached first on fielder's choice (5-2 FC). Altuve out. Alvarez grounded to center for a single. Bregman advances to 2nd. Abreu walked. Brantley was called out on strikes looking on a slider low and away. Tucker grounded to right for a single (9-3-5). Abreu out.
Runs: 2 Hits: 3 Walks: 1 Errors: 0 Pitches: 30 Runners Left On: 3
Inning 5:
Athletics batting. Brown in bullpen. Butler walked. Allen struck out swinging late at a high fastball (2U-4 DP). Butler out. Noda struck out chasing a high fastball.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 1 Errors: 0 Pitches: 15 Runners Left On: 0
Astros batting. Waldichuk pitching. McCormick doubled to left. Pena struck out swinging late at a low fastball. Maldonado struck out swinging early at an outside changeup. Altuve struck out chasing a low changeup.
Runs: 0 Hits: 1 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 18 Runners Left On: 1
Inning 6:
Athletics batting. Gelof grounded out to Bregman (5-3). Brown in bullpen. Brown pitching. Brown popped out to Pena (P6). Rooker struck out chasing a slider low and away.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 11 Runners Left On: 0
Astros batting. Bregman flied out to Brown (F9). Alvarez struck out chasing an outside slider. Abreu doubled to right. Brantley grounded out to Allen (6-3).
Runs: 0 Hits: 1 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 18 Runners Left On: 1
Inning 7:
Athletics batting. Langeliers lined to right for a single. Ruiz bunted to the catcher for a single. Langeliers advances to 2nd. Montero in bullpen. Diaz was called out on strikes looking on a splitter low and away. Langeliers stole 3rd. Ruiz stole 2nd. Butler walked. Allen lined out to Abreu (L3). Noda batted out to Bregman (L5).
Runs: 0 Hits: 2 Walks: 1 Errors: 0 Pitches: 30 Runners Left On: 3
Astros batting. Erceg pitching. Tucker grounded out to Gelof (4-3). McCormick grounded out to Diaz (5-3). Pena struck out swinging late at a sinker down the middle.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 11 Runners Left On: 0
Inning 8:
Athletics batting. Montero in bullpen. Montero pitching. Gelof struck out chasing a sinker low and away. Brown tripled and deflected off center fielder McCormick. Brown scored on a wild pitch. Rooker lined to right for a single. Langeliers grounded to center for a single. Rooker advances to 2nd. Maton pitching. Ruiz lined to right for a single (9-2). Rooker out. Langeliers advances to 3rd. Ruiz advances to 2nd. Diaz struck out swinging early at an outside slider.
Runs: 1 Hits: 4 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 28 Runners Left On: 2
Astros batting. Maldonado grounded out to Diaz on a deflected hit (5-3). Altuve was called out on strikes looking on a fastball low and away. Bregman struck out swinging early at a fastball low and away.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 15 Runners Left On: 0
Inning 9:
Athletics batting. Pressly in bullpen. Butler walked. Butler was caught stealing. Allen hit to center for a single, out while advancing extra bases (8-6). Pressly in bullpen. Pressly pitching. Noda struck out swinging late at a slider low and away.
Runs: 0 Hits: 1 Walks: 1 Errors: 0 Pitches: 16
Game Log Legend
Critical Play
Run Scored
Critical Situation
Simulated Play
* Go-Ahead Play
Perfect Contact Hits (Perfect-Perfect)
Altuve: 113 mph (Altuve homered to left (387 feet). 3 RBI)
Langeliers: 113 mph (Langeliers grounded to center for a single. )
Minute Maid Park™ (40 ft elevation)
Hitting Difficulty is All-Star.
Pitching Difficulty is All-Star.
2023 Online Game
Attendance: 32,258 (79% capacity)
Weather: 54 degrees, Overcast
No Wind
Scheduled First Pitch: 7:00pm
Game Scores: 76 (Verlander), 24 (Miller)
UMPIRES
HP: Freddie Ferguson. 1B: Joe MacDonald. 2B: Carl Dixon. 3B: Eric Summersgill.