Post Game Thread (Jul 31, 2024): Pirates (55-53) @ Astros (56-52)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	0	0	0	0	0	.306
3B	Bregman	4	0	1	0	0	0	.251
LF	Alvarez, Y	4	1	0	0	0	0	.296
C	Diaz, Y	4	1	2	1	0	1	.297
SS	Peña	4	1	0	0	0	2	.273
1B	Singleton	2	0	0	0	0	0	.229
1B	Dubón	1	1	1	2	0	0	.270
CF	Meyers	3	0	0	0	0	0	.234
DH	Caratini	2	0	0	0	1	1	.271
DH	Cabbage	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225
RF	McCormick	1	1	0	0	0	1	.213

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	6.0	6	4	4	0	10	92-67	3.56
Abreu, B	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	2.70
Pressly	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	20-15	3.46
Hader	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	13-10	4.02

PIT		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	McCutchen	5	0	1	1	0	2	.224
LF	Reynolds, B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.285
1B	Joe	3	0	0	0	0	1	.242
1B	Tellez	1	0	0	0	0	0	.246
RF	De La Cruz, B	4	1	2	0	0	2	.248
C	Bart	4	1	3	2	0	0	.262
PR	Bae	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188
C	Grandal	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184
3B	Hayes	4	1	1	0	0	0	.239
SS	Cruz, O	4	0	0	0	0	3	.247
2B	Triolo	4	1	2	1	0	0	.205
CF	Taylor, M	4	0	0	0	0	1	.205

PIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Woodford	5.0	2	3	0	0	3	71-42	6.75
Beeks	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	9-7	4.86
Holderman	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	7-5	2.31
Stratton, H	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	12-6	4.01
Nicolas	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	9-7	3.28

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T2	Joey Bart homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field. Bryan De La Cruz scores.	0-2
T2	Jared Triolo doubles (8) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Ke'Bryan Hayes scores.	0-3
T2	Andrew McCutchen singles on a ground ball to right fielder Chas McCormick. Jared Triolo scores.	0-4
B2	Victor Caratini strikes out swinging.	1-4
B3	Yordan Alvarez reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Oneil Cruz. Chas McCormick scores. Yordan Alvarez to 3rd. Throwing error by shortstop Oneil Cruz.	2-4
B3	Yainer Diaz doubles (19) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Yordan Alvarez scores.	3-4
B6	Mauricio Dubón homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field. Yainer Diaz scores.	5-4

Highlights

Description	Length
Framber Valdez against the Pirates	0:07
Jake Woodford against the Astros	0:07
Bullpen availability for Houston, July 31 vs Pirates	0:07
Bullpen availability for Pittsburgh, July 31 vs Astros	0:07
Fielding alignment for Houston, July 31 vs Pirates	0:11
Bench availability for Houston, July 31 vs Pirates	0:07
Bench availability for Pittsburgh, July 31 vs Astros	0:07
Starting lineups for Pirates at Astros – July 31, 2024	0:09
Breaking down Joey Bart's home run	0:13
Analyzing Joey Bart's home run through bat tracking	0:11
Breaking down Jake Woodford's pitches	0:04
Breaking down Mauricio Dubón's home run	0:13
Jake Woodford's outing against the Astros	0:22
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches	0:04
Visualizing Mauricio Dubón's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Framber Valdez's outing against the Pirates	0:22
Joey Bart's two-run homer (7)	0:18
Jared Triolo hits an RBI double	0:23
Andrew McCutchen's RBI single	0:17
Bryan De La Cruz's first hit as a Pirate	0:25
Jeremy Peña scores on a wild pitch	0:19
Michael A. Taylor's sensational catch	0:15
Alvarez reaches third, McCormick scores on two errors	0:26
Yainer Diaz hits an RBI double	0:21
Andy Haines gets ejected in the 1st	0:23
Connor Joe's diving stop	0:19
Mauricio Dubón's two-run home run (4)	0:26
Bryan Reynolds' running catch	0:14
Framber Valdez strikes out 10 batters	1:18

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Valdez, F (10-5, 3.56 ERA)	Holderman (3-2, 2.31 ERA)	Hader (21 SV, 4.02 ERA)

Game ended at 9:34 PM.