Post Game Thread (Sep 18, 2023): Orioles (94-56) @ Astros (84-67)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
BAL	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	8	16	1	9
HOU	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	7	10	0	8

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	5	1	2	2	0	0	.312
3B	Bregman	5	0	0	0	0	0	.267
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	0	0	0	1	0	.296
PR	Meyers	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230
1B	Abreu, J	4	1	2	1	1	0	.235
RF	Tucker	5	1	2	1	0	0	.284
LF	McCormick	3	1	1	1	2	1	.284
SS	Peña	4	1	1	1	0	0	.262
CF	Dubón	3	1	0	0	1	0	.278
C	Maldonado, M	4	1	2	1	0	2	.191

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Verlander	6.0	8	3	3	1	5	89-66	3.44
Montero	1.0	4	2	2	0	1	21-14	5.04
Neris	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	24-17	1.90
Pressly	1.0	3	3	3	1	3	31-18	3.84

BAL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Henderson	5	3	3	0	0	1	.261
C	Rutschman	4	1	1	2	0	1	.269
LF	O'Hearn	5	1	5	2	0	0	.309
RF	Hays	4	1	1	0	1	2	.282
CF	Mullins	5	1	2	4	0	1	.248
RF	Hicks, A	4	0	1	0	1	1	.260
P	Pérez, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1B	McCann	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223
2B	Westburg	3	0	0	0	0	1	.266
2B	Frazier	2	0	0	0	0	2	.247
LF	Kjerstad	5	0	2	0	0	1	.333
P	Cano	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
SS	Mateo	3	1	1	0	0	1	.216
3B	Santander	1	0	0	0	0	1	.252

BAL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Means	5.0	4	1	1	3	1	86-55	3.60
Fujinami	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	21-16	7.22
Webb	0.2	1	1	1	1	1	16-10	3.78
Coulombe	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	12-6	2.47
Baumann	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	15-12	3.82
Pérez, C	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	8-4	3.18
Cano	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	3-3	1.96

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Kyle Tucker doubles (33) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Aaron Hicks. Jose Altuve scores. Jose Abreu to 3rd.	1-0
T3	Adley Rutschman out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Chas McCormick. Gunnar Henderson scores.	1-1
T5	Ryan O'Hearn singles on a fly ball to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. Jorge Mateo scores. Gunnar Henderson scores.	1-3
B6	Chas McCormick singles on a ground ball to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Kyle Tucker scores.	2-3
B6	Jeremy Pena singles on a ground ball to left fielder Austin Hays. Chas McCormick scores.	3-3
B6	Jose Altuve doubles (19) on a line drive to left fielder Austin Hays. Jeremy Pena scores. Mauricio Dubon scores.	5-3
T7	Adley Rutschman doubles (26) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder Chas McCormick. Gunnar Henderson scores.	5-4
T7	Cedric Mullins doubles (22) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Adley Rutschman scores. Ryan O'Hearn out at home on the throw, right fielder Kyle Tucker to shortstop Jeremy Pena to catcher Martin Maldonado. Cedric Mullins to 3rd.	5-5
B7	Jose Abreu homers (16) on a fly ball to center field.	6-5
B8	Martin Maldonado homers (14) on a fly ball to center field.	7-5
T9	Cedric Mullins homers (15) on a fly ball to right center field. Ryan O'Hearn scores. Austin Hays scores.	7-8

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 18 vs Orioles	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Baltimore, September 18 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Houston, September 18 vs Orioles	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, September 18 vs Orioles	0:11	Video
Bench availability for Baltimore, September 18 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Baltimore, September 18 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Orioles at Astros – September 18, 2023	0:09	Video
Breaking down John Means's pitches	0:04	Video
John Means' outing against the Astros	0:23	Video
Measuring the stats on José Abreu's home run	0:15	Video
Justin Verlander's outing against the Orioles	0:22	Video
Measuring the stats on Martín Maldonado's home run	0:09	Video
Measuring the stats on Cedric Mullins's home run	0:11	Video
Austin Hays makes leaping catch in left field	0:20	Video
Kyle Tucker lines an RBI double for the first run	0:23	Video
The umpires confirm the double during Atluve's at-bat	0:28	Video
Adley Rutschman hits a sacrifice fly to left	0:20	Video
Chas McCormick makes a sensational catch in left	0:20	Video
Ryan O'Hearn hits a two-run single to shallow center	0:23	Video
Justin Verlander strikes out Jorge Mateo in the 6th	0:09	Video
The Astros successfully challenge a call at first	0:28	Video
Chas McCormick lines an RBI single to score Tucker	0:23	Video
Jeremy Peña hits a game-tying RBI single in the 6th	0:18	Video
Jose Altuve smacks a two-run double for a 5-3 lead	0:27	Video
Adley Rutschman hits an RBI double, scoring Henderson	0:25	Video
Cedric Mullins smacks an RBI double to tie it	0:28	Video
José Abreu hits a towering go-ahead home run (16)	0:29	Video
John Means strikes out Martín Maldonado in the 4th	0:08	Video
Jorge Mateo makes a smooth play at short	0:13	Video
Martín Maldonado crushes a solo home run (14)	0:29	Video
Cedric Mullins smashes a clutch home run (15)	0:28	Video
Heston Kjerstad called out on strikes.	0:09	Video
Chas McCormick strikes out swinging.	0:11	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Baumann (10-1, 3.82 ERA)	Pressly (3-5, 3.84 ERA)	Cano (7 SV, 1.96 ERA)

Game ended at 10:34 PM.