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Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2026-03-17 · Spring Training · Day game · Att: 5960 · 56°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 13 mph, In From CF · 2:45

Houston Astros defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 10–2. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 1st — Shay Whitcomb singles on a fly ball to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Joey Loperfido scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Brice Matthews homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Joey Loperfido scores — worth 17% in win probability.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	2	0	10	8
PIT	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Riley Unroe SS	2	0	1	2	0	1
Joey Loperfido RF	1	3	1	0	2	0
Brice Matthews LF	3	2	1	2	2	1
Zach Cole CF	3	2	1	1	2	2
Shay Whitcomb 3B	3	1	2	2	0	0
Jack Winkler 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler Whitaker RF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Taylor Trammell RF	3	0	0	0	1	3
Cavan Biggio DH	3	0	1	2	0	1
Carlos Perez DH	2	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Vazquez C	3	1	1	1	2	1
Collin Price 1B	4	1	0	0	1	3
Jax Biggers SS	3	0	0	0	0	2
Yamal Encarnacion 2B	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Oneil Cruz CF	3	0	1	0	0	2
Jake Mangum CF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jhostynxon Garcia RF	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan O'Hearn RF	2	0	1	0	1	0
Bryan Reynolds LF	3	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Cook LF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marcell Ozuna DH	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ivan Brethowr DH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Brandon Lowe 2B	2	0	0	0	1	1
Omar Alfonzo C	0	1	0	0	1	0
Nick Gonzales 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jared Jones 1B	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Jarvis 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Spencer Horwitz 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Joey Bart C	1	1	1	0	0	0
Hunter Stovall 3B	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jesus Castillo SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alika Williams SS	2	0	0	0	1	0