The Baltimore Orioles beat the Houston Astros 8-7 on Sep 18, 2023 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Cedric Mullins went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Orioles.
- John Means pitched 5.0 innings for the Orioles, allowing 1 earned run with 1 strikeouts.
- Martin Maldonado went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Justin Verlander pitched 6.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
Baltimore Orioles box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan O'Hearn | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Mullins | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Gunnar Henderson | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Heston Kjerstad | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aaron Hicks | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Austin Hays | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Adley Rutschman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jorge Mateo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Frazier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Anthony Santander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 38 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Means | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Danny Coulombe | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cionel Perez | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Webb | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Yennier Cano | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Houston Astros box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Tucker | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Maldonado | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Abreu | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
Before and after
- Orioles · 2023 season · Previous Sep 17, 2023: TB 4, BAL 5 · Next Sep 19, 2023: BAL 9, HOU 5
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous Sep 17, 2023: HOU 7, KC 1 · Next Sep 19, 2023: BAL 9, HOU 5