Houston Astros at Philadelphia Phillies

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

74-71, 37-33 Away

Final
6 - 5

Philadelphia Phillies

81-64, 40-33 Home

Walker, Smith, Varsho homers power Astros to 6-5 win over the Phillies

Daulton Varsho's 406-foot HR secures win for Astros

The Astros built a 5-0 lead, but closer Josh Hader had to get three outs with the tying run in scoring position in the ninth, including retiring Kyle Schwarber to end the game.

The Astros began the three-game series with a two-game lead on Texas atop the AL West. The Phillies started play a half-game up on the Chicago Cubs for the first wild-card spot in the National League and four behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL East.

Walker hit a three-run home run in the second inning off Phillies starter Andrew Painter (3-9). It was Walker’s 25th of the season, his sixth career 25-homer season and fifth in a row.

Smith hit his 18th homer of the season in the fourth. Varsho tacked on his 11th home run in the seventh. Both were solo shots.

That was enough support for Hayden Wesneski (5-1). He pitched six innings, allowing five hits and three runs. He didn’t give up a run until the sixth, extending a streak of 12 straight scoreless innings.

Yordan Alvaraez, who entered the game leading the AL in batting average and tied for the lead in home runs and RBI, went 0 for 5.

Jose Altuve, who has 2,499 career hits, also went 0 for 5.

Painter went five innings, allowing 10 hits and five earned runs. The 23-year-old rookie had carried a 3.12 ERA through his last 40.1 innings in seven starts since being recalled from Triple-A on July 31.

The Phillies finally got to Wesneski in the sixth. Justin Crawford doubled, Schwarber singled him home and Trea Turner hit his 18th home run of the year to make it 5-3. Brandon Marsh hit an RBI double in the seventh inning.

Bryson Stott led off the ninth with a single and scored on Edmundo Sosa’s double off the wall to make it 6-5, the first run surrendered by Hader since July 20 to snap a streak of 21 consecutive scoreless outings. But Hader recorded his 24th save in 24 opportunities with three straight outs.

Up next Houston’s Hunter Brown (5-3, 3.31 ERA) will face the Phillies’ Cristopher Sanchez (16-5, 2.58) on Wednesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Schwarber popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Sosa stole third.
	9th Inning	Hill flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Realmuto flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Sosa doubled to center, Stott scored.
	9th Inning	Sosa hit for Marsh

Statistics

HOU		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
11	Ground Balls	9
10	Strikeouts	6
6	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	35
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	5
17	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
167	Pitches	142
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
22	Total Bases	18
42	Plate Appearances	37
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	6
7.8	Runs Created	5.7
.289	Batting Average	.286
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.579	Slugging Percentage	.514
.395	Secondary Average	.257
.357	On Base Percentage	.324
.936	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.839
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
7.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.9
48.0	Batter Rating	44.0
12.7	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.98	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.84
.289	Isolated Power	.229
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.095	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.105	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
12.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
95.8	MLB Rating	90.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0