Post Game Thread (Sep 8, 2024): D-backs (80-64) @ Astros (77-66)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
AZ	0	3	5	0	1	0	1	1	1	12	15	1	6
HOU	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	6	12	0	9

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	5	1	2	1	0	2	.301
LF	Alvarez, Y	3	0	0	0	1	0	.311
RF	Heyward	1	0	0	0	0	1	.202
DH	Tucker	2	2	1	1	1	1	.266
3B	Bregman	4	1	1	2	0	2	.259
PH	Whitcomb	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222
C	Diaz, Y	5	0	3	2	0	1	.299
SS	Peña	5	0	1	0	0	2	.269
1B	Caratini	4	0	0	0	0	1	.270
RF	Gamel	2	1	1	0	0	1	.270
CF	Meyers	1	0	0	0	0	0	.225
PH	Singleton	1	0	0	0	0	1	.230
LF	Dubón	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265
CF	McCormick	4	1	3	0	0	0	.212

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Verlander	3.0	8	8	8	1	0	75-46	5.30
Ferguson, C	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	17-10	4.38
Ort	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	30-18	1.42
Neris	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	25-15	3.91
Hernandez, N	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	20-13	7.88
Hader	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	24-15	3.38

AZ		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Carroll	4	0	0	0	1	0	.229
SS	Perdomo	5	1	2	0	0	1	.282
DH	Pederson	3	1	1	0	1	1	.280
1B	Bell	5	1	1	0	0	1	.246
LF	Grichuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276
CF	McCarthy	4	2	2	1	1	0	.296
3B	Suárez, E	5	4	4	2	0	1	.250
1B	Smith, P	4	3	3	8	1	1	.270
C	Del Castillo	5	0	2	0	0	1	.282
2B	Guillorme	4	0	0	1	0	0	.206

AZ	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Nelson, R	4.2	6	5	5	2	4	88-58	4.33
Ginkel	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	4-3	2.86
Puk	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	26-20	3.19
Thompson, R	1.0	3	0	0	0	3	21-15	3.26
Sewald	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	18-14	4.31

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T2	Pavin Smith homers (5) on a fly ball to right field. Jake McCarthy scores. Eugenio Suárez scores.	0-3
T3	Eugenio Suárez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Joc Pederson scores. Josh Bell to 3rd. Jake McCarthy to 2nd.	0-4
T3	Pavin Smith hits a grand slam (6) to left center field. Josh Bell scores. Jake McCarthy scores. Eugenio Suárez scores.	0-8
B4	Alex Bregman homers (22) on a line drive to left field. Kyle Tucker scores.	2-8
T5	Pavin Smith homers (7) on a fly ball to right field.	2-9
B5	Jose Altuve singles on a line drive to center fielder Jake McCarthy. Ben Gamel scores. Chas McCormick to 2nd.	3-9
B5	Kyle Tucker out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Pavin Smith. Chas McCormick scores.	4-9
B5	Yainer Diaz singles on a line drive to right fielder Corbin Carroll. Jose Altuve scores. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd.	5-9
T7	Luis Guillorme out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Eugenio Suárez scores.	5-10
T8	Jake McCarthy singles on a line drive to left fielder Chas McCormick. Geraldo Perdomo scores.	5-11
T9	Eugenio Suárez homers (26) on a line drive to left field.	5-12
B9	Yainer Diaz doubles (24) on a fly ball to right fielder Corbin Carroll. Kyle Tucker scores.	6-12

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for D-backs at Astros – September 8, 2024	0:06
Ryne Nelson against the Astros	0:07
Justin Verlander against the Diamondbacks	0:07
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 8 vs D-backs	0:07
Bullpen availability for Arizona, September 8 vs Astros	0:07
Fielding alignment for Arizona, September 8 vs Astros	0:11
Bench availability for Arizona, September 8 vs Astros	0:07
Fielding alignment for Houston, September 8 vs D-backs	0:11
Bench availability for Houston, September 8 vs D-backs	0:07
Starting lineups for D-backs at Astros – September 8, 2024	0:09
An animated look at Pavin Smith's home run	0:11
Pavin Smith: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Measuring the stats on Pavin Smith's home run	0:13
Visualizing Pavin Smith's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Breaking down Alex Bregman's home run	0:11
Breaking down Justin Verlander's pitches	0:04
Visualizing Alex Bregman's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Pavin Smith: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
A deep dive into Pavin Smith's home run	0:11
Breaking down Ryne Nelson's pitches	0:04
Eugenio Suárez: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
An animated look at Eugenio Suárez's home run	0:11

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Ginkel (8-3, 2.86 ERA)	Verlander (3-6, 5.30 ERA)

Game ended at 9:18 PM.