Game Thread: Astros (63-48) @ Yankees (57-53) – Aug 5, 2023 12:05 PM

Yankees (57-53)	Astros (63-48)

First Pitch: 12:05 PM at Yankee Stadium

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Astros	Justin Verlander (6-5, 3.15 ERA)	ATTH	KBME, TUDN/KLAT (ES)
Yankees	Nestor Cortes (5-2, 5.16 ERA)	YES	WFAN, WADO (ES)

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	Discord
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	/r/baseball Discord

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

NYY		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
1B	Bauers	4	1	2	1	0	1	.235
RF	Judge	4	0	0	0	0	0	.283
2B	Torres	3	1	2	1	1	0	.266
DH	Stanton	3	0	2	0	1	0	.212
DH	Allen, G	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
3B	LeMahieu	3	0	1	0	1	1	.236
LF	Kiner-Falefa	4	1	1	0	0	0	.253
CF	Bader	4	0	1	0	0	1	.252
SS	Volpe	2	0	0	1	0	0	.212
C	Rortvedt	3	0	0	0	0	1	.125

NYY	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Cortes	4.0	1	1	1	1	8	64-43	4.97
Hamilton, I	2.0	0	0	0	2	4	34-19	1.67
Kahnle	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	15-10	2.22
King	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	16-11	3.02
Holmes	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	17-10	2.06

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	3	1	1	1	1	2	.282
SS	Peña	3	0	0	0	1	2	.238
RF	Tucker	4	0	0	0	0	2	.297
3B	Bregman	3	0	0	0	1	2	.247
DH	Alvarez, Y	3	0	0	0	0	2	.291
LF	McCormick	2	0	0	0	1	1	.279
CF	Dubón	3	0	0	0	0	1	.260
1B	Kessinger	2	0	0	0	0	1	.200
1B	Diaz, Y	1	0	1	0	0	0	.276
C	Maldonado, M	3	0	0	0	0	3	.175

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Verlander	7.0	7	2	2	2	4	97-59	3.11
Graveman	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	24-12	3.61

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B2	Anthony Volpe out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. Isiah Kiner-Falefa scores. Harrison Bader to 3rd.	1-0
T3	Jose Altuve homers (8) on a fly ball to left field.	1-1
B5	Jake Bauers homers (11) on a fly ball to right field.	2-1
B8	Gleyber Torres homers (17) on a fly ball to right center field.	3-1

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for New York, August 5 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, August 5 vs Yankees	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for New York, August 5 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, August 5 vs Yankees	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Astros at Yankees – August 5, 2023	0:09	Video
Jose Altuve: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:10	Video
Breaking down Nestor Cortes's pitches	0:08	Video
Nestor Cortes's outing against the Astros	0:22	Video
The distance behind Jake Bauers's home run	0:10	Video
Breaking down Justin Verlander's pitches	0:08	Video
Breaking down Gleyber Torres's home run	0:14	Video
Justin Verlander's outing against the Yankees	0:22	Video
Anthony Volpe skies a sacrifice fly to center field	0:23	Video
Jose Altuve connects on his 200th career home run	0:40	Video
Giancarlo Stanton laces a double to left in the 3rd	0:21	Video
Mauricio Dubón nabs Giancarlo Stanton at the plate	0:30	Video
Nestor Cortes fans Yordan Alvarez for his eighth K	0:13	Video
Jake Bauers launches a solo homer in the 5th inning	0:30	Video
Giancarlo Stanton grounds out softly, third baseman Alex Bregman to first baseman Grae Kessinger.	0:11	Video
Nestor Cortes strikes out eight in four innings	1:45	Video
Gleyber Torres belts a solo home run to right-center	0:30	Video
Justin Verlander strikes out four against the Yankees	1:37	Video
Clay Holmes In play, out(s) to Alex Bregman	0:11	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Hamilton, I (2-1, 1.67 ERA)	Verlander (6-6, 3.11 ERA)	Holmes (16 SV, 2.06 ERA)

Attendance	Weather	Wind
	80°F, Sunny	6 mph, Calm

HP	1B	2B	3B
Alex Tosi	Angel Hernandez	Todd Tichenor	Tony Randazzo

Game ended at 2:32 PM.

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