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San Francisco Giants @ Houston Astros

2015-05-12 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 20468 · 73°F, dome, dry · 2:39

San Francisco Giants defeated Houston Astros 8–1. San Francisco Giants opened the scoring in the 2nd — Matt Duffy doubles (4) on a line drive to center fielder Jake Marisnick. Brandon Belt scores. Justin Maxwell scores. Brandon Crawford scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Matt Duffy doubles (4) on a line drive to center fielder Jake Marisnick. Brandon Belt scores. Justin Maxwell scores. Brandon Crawford scores — worth 15% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SFN	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	8	12
HOU	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

W: Chris Heston L: Collin McHugh SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Chad Fairchild · 1B: Jim Joyce · 2B: Greg Gibson · 3B: Marvin Hudson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nori Aoki	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Panik	4	1	1	0	1	1
Angel Pagan	5	1	3	0	0	1
Buster Posey	4	1	1	0	1	0
Brandon Belt	5	1	1	0	0	3
Justin Maxwell	5	2	2	1	0	1
Brandon Crawford	4	2	1	1	0	0
Matt Duffy	4	0	3	5	0	1
Gregor Blanco	3	0	0	0	1	1
Joaquin Arias	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jake Marisnick	4	0	1	0	2
Jose Altuve	4	0	0	0	1
Luis Valbuena	3	0	0	0	2
Evan Gattis	3	0	0	0	0
Colby Rasmus	3	0	0	0	2
Chris Carter	3	0	0	0	1
Jason Castro	3	1	1	1	0
Marwin Gonzalez	3	0	0	0	1
Robbie Grossman	3	0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Heston	9.0	2	0	10

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Collin McHugh	4.2	8	2	3
Kevin Chapman	1.1	2	2	3
Will Harris	1.0	1	0	1
Tony Sipp	1.0	1	0	0
Sam Deduno	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Nori Aoki: W
Joe Panik: K+CS2(26)/DP
Angel Pagan: S7/L56D-
Buster Posey: 9/L9D

Bot 1

Jake Marisnick: S8/L8LS
Jose Altuve: 9/F9M
Luis Valbuena: K
Evan Gattis: WP.1-2
Evan Gattis: 53/G56-

Top 2

Brandon Belt: S7/L7S-
Justin Maxwell: S4/G4S-.1-2
Brandon Crawford: HP.2-3;1-2
Matt Duffy: D8/F78XD+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Gregor Blanco: W
Nori Aoki: 6/F6
Joe Panik: 7/F56D-
Angel Pagan: 8/F8LM

Bot 2

Colby Rasmus: K
Chris Carter: 8/F8RXD+
Jason Castro: HR/F9D+
Marwin Gonzalez: 7/F78S

Top 3

Buster Posey: 53/G56-
Brandon Belt: 31/G34
Justin Maxwell: 13/G13S-

Bot 3

Robbie Grossman: 43/G4S-
Jake Marisnick: K
Jose Altuve: K

Top 4

Brandon Crawford: 63/G4S-
Matt Duffy: K
Gregor Blanco: 31/G34-

Bot 4

Luis Valbuena: 3/L34
Evan Gattis: 63/G6S-
Colby Rasmus: K23

Top 5

Nori Aoki: 43/G4
Joe Panik: S7/G5
Angel Pagan: S9/L34D.1-2
Buster Posey: S56/G56.2-3;1-2
Brandon Belt: K
Justin Maxwell: S6/G56.3-H;2-H(E6/TH)(NR);1-2
Brandon Crawford: DGR/F8RXD+.2-H;1-3
Matt Duffy: S8/L89S.3-H;2-H
Gregor Blanco: K

Bot 5

Chris Carter: 53/G56-
Jason Castro: 5/L56
Marwin Gonzalez: K

Top 6

Nori Aoki: 63/MREV/G6MD
Joe Panik: W
Angel Pagan: K
Buster Posey: W.1-2
Brandon Belt: K

Bot 6

Robbie Grossman: K
Jake Marisnick: K
Jose Altuve: 4/L4-

Top 7

Justin Maxwell: K
Brandon Crawford: 7/L7M+
Matt Duffy: S8/G6M
Gregor Blanco: 7/F7LD

Bot 7

Luis Valbuena: K
Evan Gattis: 8/F8LXD+
Colby Rasmus: 8/F8RXD+

Top 8

Joaquin Arias: 8/F8LS-
Joe Panik: 31/G34
Angel Pagan: S7/L78S-
Buster Posey: 9/F9D

Bot 8

Chris Carter: K
Jason Castro: 8/F8LD
Marwin Gonzalez: 13/G13

Top 9

Brandon Belt: K
Justin Maxwell: 9/F9LM
Brandon Crawford: 63/G6

Bot 9

Robbie Grossman: 43/G34
Jake Marisnick: 53/G5S-
Jose Altuve: 6/F56-

Notes & reviews

originally scored E5, changed to single on 05-18-2015, making all five runs this inning earned
replay,6,aokin001,HOU,joycj901,HOU03,,Y,M,HOU,C $when Nori Aoki was called safe at 1B, Astros manager A.J. Hinch challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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