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Houston Astros @ Philadelphia Phillies

2026-09-08 · Night game · Citizens Bank Park · Att: 39262 · 84°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 6 mph, Out To RF · 2:59

Houston Astros defeated Philadelphia Phillies 6–5. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 2nd — Christian Walker homers (25) on a fly ball to left center field. Daulton Varsho scores. Yainer Diaz scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: J.T. Realmuto lines into a double play, shortstop Jeremy Peña to second baseman Jose Altuve. Brandon Marsh out at 2nd — worth 28% in win probability.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	11
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	5	10

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jeremy Pena SS	5	0	1	1	0	1
Yordan Alvarez DH	5	0	0	0	0	1
Isaac Paredes 3B	3	0	1	0	2	1
Nick Allen 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Altuve 2B	5	0	0	0	0	1
Daulton Varsho CF	5	2	3	1	0	2
Yainer Diaz C	5	1	2	0	0	0
Christian Walker 1B	3	1	2	3	1	0
Taylor Trammell LF	4	0	1	0	0	3
Cam Smith RF	3	2	1	1	1	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Kyle Schwarber DH	5	1	1	1	0
Trea Turner SS	4	1	2	2	1
Bryce Harper RF	4	0	1	0	1
Garrett Stubbs 1B	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Arraez 2B	3	0	1	0	0
Alec Bohm 3B	4	1	1	0	2
Bryson Stott 2B	3	1	1	0	0
Brandon Marsh LF	3	0	1	1	1
Edmundo Sosa PH	1	0	1	1	0
J. T. Realmuto C	4	0	0	0	0
Justin Crawford CF	2	1	1	0	0
Derek Hill CF	2	0	0	0	1