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Anaheim Angels @ Houston Astros

2021-09-12 · Day game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 28763 · 73°F, dome · 3:19

Houston Astros defeated Los Angeles Angels 3–1. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 1st — Yuli Gurriel singles on a line drive to center fielder Brandon Marsh. Jose Altuve scores. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Kyle Tucker homers (25) on a fly ball to right center field. Yuli Gurriel scores — worth 23% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Lance McCullers L: Jose Quijada SV: Ryan Pressly

Umpires — HP: Dan Merzel · 1B: D.J. Reyburn · 2B: Brian O'Nora · 3B: Fieldin Culbreth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Anaheim Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David Fletcher	4	0	1	0	0	1
Shohei Ohtani	3	0	1	0	1	0
Philip Gosselin	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jared Walsh	4	0	1	0	0	2
Luis Rengifo	4	0	0	0	0	3
Brandon Marsh	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jack Mayfield	3	0	0	0	1	1
Kurt Suzuki	3	0	0	0	0	1
Juan Lagares	2	1	1	1	1	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Altuve	3	1	1	0	1	1
Alex Bregman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Yordan Alvarez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Yuli Gurriel	4	1	4	1	0	0
Kyle Tucker	2	1	1	2	2	0
Carlos Correa	4	0	0	0	0	2
Aledmys Diaz	4	0	0	0	0	3
Chas McCormick	3	0	0	0	1	2
Martin Maldonado	4	0	1	0	0	2

Anaheim Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jaime Barria	4.0	4	4	6
Jose Quijada	1.0	2	0	2
Jimmy Herget	1.2	2	1	2
Andrew Wantz	1.1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lance McCullers	6.0	3	2	7
Ryne Stanek	1.0	0	0	2
Kendall Graveman	1.0	1	1	1
Ryan Pressly	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

David Fletcher: S8/F78
Shohei Ohtani: W.1-2
Philip Gosselin: 1/G3S-.2-3;1-2
Jared Walsh: K
Luis Rengifo: 13/G1

Bot 1

Jose Altuve: S56/G56
Alex Bregman: 7/F7
Yordan Alvarez: W.1-2
Yuli Gurriel: S8/L8.2-H;1-2
Kyle Tucker: W.2-3;1-2
Carlos Correa: 3/P3F/FL
Aledmys Diaz: K

Top 2

Brandon Marsh: HP
Jack Mayfield: SB2
Jack Mayfield: W
Kurt Suzuki: K
Juan Lagares: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 2

Chas McCormick: K
Martin Maldonado: K
Jose Altuve: K

Top 3

David Fletcher: K
Shohei Ohtani: 43/G34
Philip Gosselin: 9/F9D

Bot 3

Alex Bregman: 63/G6
Yordan Alvarez: 9/F9+
Yuli Gurriel: S9/L9S
Kyle Tucker: 7/L7D

Top 4

Jared Walsh: S49/L9S
Luis Rengifo: K
Brandon Marsh: K
Jack Mayfield: 9/F9S

Bot 4

Carlos Correa: K
Aledmys Diaz: K
Chas McCormick: W
Martin Maldonado: S7/L7S.1-2
Jose Altuve: W.2-3;1-2
Alex Bregman: 8/F89XD

Top 5

Kurt Suzuki: 53/G5S
Juan Lagares: HR/F78XD
David Fletcher: 6/L6D
Shohei Ohtani: 31/G34

Bot 5

Yordan Alvarez: 43/G34D
Yuli Gurriel: S9/G34
Kyle Tucker: HR/F89XD.1-H
Carlos Correa: K
Aledmys Diaz: K

Top 6

Philip Gosselin: 43/G4MD
Jared Walsh: K
Luis Rengifo: K

Bot 6

Chas McCormick: K
Martin Maldonado: K
Jose Altuve: 53/G5

Top 7

Brandon Marsh: K
Jack Mayfield: K
Kurt Suzuki: 63/G6

Bot 7

Alex Bregman: S8/L8D+
Yordan Alvarez: 7/F78
Yuli Gurriel: BK.1-2
Yuli Gurriel: D9/L9D.2XH(942)
Kyle Tucker: IW
Carlos Correa: 8/L8D+

Top 8

Juan Lagares: W
David Fletcher: 6(1)/FO/G6MD.B-1
Shohei Ohtani: S9/L9.1-2
Philip Gosselin: K
Jared Walsh: 7/L7

Bot 8

Aledmys Diaz: 8/L8XD+
Chas McCormick: 9/F9D
Martin Maldonado: 4/P34

Top 9

Luis Rengifo: K
Brandon Marsh: 43/G34D
Jack Mayfield: 63/G6

Notes & reviews

Angels challenged call that Marsh was out at 2nd; call overturned - stolen base
Originally scored as single with advance to 2nd on throw home; changed to double on 09-13-2021
Astros challenged call that Fletcher was safe at 1st; call upheld - force out, not double play

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