HOU vs PIT — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballLECOM Park · Bradenton, Florida

Houston

Astros

46-49 · 4-6-2 away

Final

Pittsburgh

Pirates

47-47 · 7-4 home

Top hitters

HOU

AVG

.355▼

PIT

AVG

1.000

Hunter Stovall

Pittsburgh Pirates

0-0 · 1 RBI

Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Starting pitchers

HOU

Starter

3.38 ERA · 5 K · 1.25 WHIP

PIT

Starter

Mitch Keller

Pittsburgh Pirates · 0-1

4.0 IP, 6 ER, 6 K, 4 BB

xwOBA 12th

5.56 ERA · 15 K · 1.59 WHIP

Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Contact quality

HOU10 R · .339 xBA

PIT2 R · .361 xBA

HOU scored more despite the lower team xBA — PIT squared more up and had less to show for it.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

HOU win3rd in the AL West, 2 GB

Looking ahead

The Astros sit 3rd in the AL West, 2 games back — coming off a loss, 5-5 over their last 10.
The Pirates sit 4th in the NL Central, 12 games back — losers of 2 straight, 5-5 over their last 10.
Series tied 1-1.
The Astros are up next at TEX (Jul 10-12).
The Pirates are up next home vs MIL (Jul 10-12).

Line score

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

Statcast

Hardest hit · PIT
O. Cruz · Single
113.2 mph · .840 xBA
Hardest hit · HOU
Z. Cole · Home Run
110.1 mph · .990 xBA
Longest hit
Z. Cole · Home Run
412 ft · .990 xBA
Best barrel
Z. Cole · Home Run
110.1 mph · .990 xBA
Fastest pitch
D. Matoma · 4-Seam Fastball
99.3 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Brice Matthews
HOU
+17%
Lance McCullers Jr.
HOU
+16%
Shay Whitcomb
HOU
+12%

Scoring summary

Whitcomb singled to center, Loperfido scored.1st Inning1-0
Matthews homered to right (345 feet), Loperfido scored.3rd Inning3-0
Cole homered to right (412 feet).3rd Inning4-0
Reynolds singled to left, Bart scored, O'Hearn to second, Williams to third.3rd Inning4-1
Whitcomb singled to right, Loperfido scored, Cole to second, Matthews to third.5th Inning5-1
Biggio singled to right, Cole scored and Matthews scored, Whitcomb to third.5th Inning7-1
C. Vázquez singled to center, Whitcomb scored, Biggio to second.5th Inning8-1
Unroe doubled to right, Price scored and C. Vázquez scored.8th Inning10-1
Stovall hit sacrifice fly to center, Alfonzo scored.9th Inning10-2

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
J. Loperfido	1-1	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	.355	.474	.484
R. Unroe	1-2	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	.292	.514	.333
B. Matthews	1-3	3	2	1	2	1	2	1	.226	.351	.387
Z. Cole	1-3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	.188	.341	.375
S. Whitcomb	2-3	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	.308	.400	.385
J. Winkler	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.333	.455
T. Trammell	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.385	.469
T. Whitaker	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000
C. Biggio	1-3	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	.200	.429	.200
C. Pérez	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.350	.133
C. Vazquez	1-3	3	1	1	1	0	2	1	.333	.600	.333
C. Price	0-4	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.280	.182

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
L. McCullers Jr.	4.0	3	1	1	3	1	58---	3.38	58
R. Munoz	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	19---	2.16	19
C. Roa	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	22---	1.04	22
L. VanWey	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	36---	4.50	36

Win probability

HOU 100%PIT 0%

Win probability over timePIT win %

Biggest swing: Matthews homered to right (345 feet), Loperfido scored. (+16% HOU)

Team stats

HOUPIT

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

HOUPIT

9.39%

Barrel%

7.77%

39.86%

Hard-hit%

40.6%

.330

xwOBA

.320

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant