Post Game Thread (Aug 8, 2023): Astros (65-49) @ Orioles (70-43)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
HOU	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	10	0	8
BAL	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	0	2

Box Score

BAL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Rutschman	3	2	1	2	1	0	.273
1B	Mountcastle	4	1	1	2	0	2	.266
RF	Santander	3	0	0	0	1	0	.254
RF	McKenna	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248
LF	Hays	4	0	0	0	0	1	.284
SS	Henderson	4	0	1	0	0	0	.243
3B	Westburg	4	1	2	0	0	0	.283
3B	Urías, R	3	1	1	0	0	0	.256
2B	Frazier	1	0	0	0	0	0	.242
C	McCann	2	1	1	2	0	0	.222
PH	O'Hearn	1	0	0	0	0	1	.307
CF	Mateo	3	0	1	0	0	1	.215

BAL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Rodriguez, G	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	93-63	5.84
Baumann	1.0	0	1	1	1	1	14-7	3.42
Cano	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	18-12	1.82
Bautista, F	0.2	3	4	4	1	2	30-21	1.52
Krehbiel	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0.00

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	2	1	0	1	0	.280
3B	Bregman	5	1	2	0	0	2	.246
LF	Alvarez, Y	4	1	1	0	1	1	.289
RF	Tucker	4	2	2	5	1	0	.297
C	Diaz, Y	3	0	0	1	0	2	.272
1B	Abreu, J	5	0	0	0	0	0	.234
SS	Peña	4	0	3	1	0	1	.244
CF	Meyers	4	0	1	0	0	0	.234
C	Maldonado, M	3	0	0	0	0	2	.175
PH	Singleton	0	1	0	0	1	0	.103
P	Pressly	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	7.0	8	6	6	2	3	93-62	3.30
Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	9-7	4.50
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13-8	2.98

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Ryan Mountcastle homers (14) on a fly ball to center field. Adley Rutschman scores.	2-0
B2	James McCann reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by pitcher Framber Valdez. Ramon Urias scores.	3-0
B2	Adley Rutschman homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field. James McCann scores.	5-0
T3	Kyle Tucker singles on a ground ball to right fielder Anthony Santander. Jose Altuve scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd.	5-1
T3	Yainer Diaz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jorge Mateo. Alex Bregman scores.	5-2
B4	James McCann out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Meyers. Jordan Westburg scores.	6-2
T8	Jeremy Pena singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Austin Hays. Kyle Tucker scores.	6-3
T9	Kyle Tucker hits a grand slam (20) to right center field. Jon Singleton scores. Jose Altuve scores. Yordan Alvarez scores.	6-7

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, August 8 vs Orioles	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Baltimore, August 8 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Baltimore, August 8 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, August 8 vs Orioles	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Astros at Orioles – August 8, 2023	0:09	Video
Adley Rutschman: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:14	Video
Breaking down Ryan Mountcastle's home run	0:11	Video
Breaking down Grayson Rodriguez's pitches	0:08	Video
Grayson Rodriguez's outing against the Astros	0:23	Video
Framber Valdez's outing against the Orioles	0:22	Video
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches	0:08	Video
Kyle Tucker: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:14	Video
Ryan Mountcastle belts a 472-foot home run in the 1st	0:29	Video
James McCann gives the Orioles a 3-0 lead with a FC	0:17	Video
Adley Rutschman belts a two-run homer to left field	0:24	Video
Kyle Tucker grounds an RBI single into right field	0:13	Video
Yainer Diaz lifts a sacrifice fly to center field	0:17	Video
James McCann knocks a sacrifice fly, makes it 6-2	0:19	Video
Jorge Mateo is ruled out at first base after review	1:16	Video
Ryan Mountcastle crushes a 472-foot home run	0:48	Video
Jorge Mateo robs Yordan Alvarez of a home run in 5th	0:39	Video
Grayson Rodriguez escapes trouble with a strikeout	0:17	Video
Brandon Hyde gets ejected after a close call at first	1:43	Video
Framber Valdez strikes out Mountcastle in the 5th	0:07	Video
Grayson Rodriguez fans four over six innings pitched	1:08	Video
Jeremy Peña punches an RBI single into left field	0:26	Video
Kyle Tucker clocks a go-ahead grand slam in 9th	0:40	Video
HOU @ BAL	0:08	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Stanek (3-1, 4.50 ERA)	Bautista, F (6-2, 1.52 ERA)	Pressly (27 SV, 2.98 ERA)

Game ended at 8:54 PM.