Houston Astros at Arizona Diamondbacks

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

60-42, 27-23 Away

Final
4 - 3

Arizona Diamondbacks

50-53, 26-28 Home

Walker’s clutch hit in the ninth lifts Astros over Diamondbacks for sweep

Zack Short and Taylor Trammell started the ninth with bunt singles against Kevin Ginkel (1-4). One out later, Walker, a former Diamondback, hit a grounder up the middle to score Short.

Josh Hader pitched the ninth for his 27th save and the Astros, who have won four in a row took a six-game lead in the AL West.

Arizona trailed 3-1 entering the eighth, but Geraldo Perdomo led off with a double off reliever Bennett Sousa (4-0). Ketel Marte singled to drive in Perdomo, Corbin Carroll doubled to right sending Marte to third. Marte scored the tying run on Josh Naylor’s single.

Brandon Walter had held the Diamondbacks to one run and four hits in seven innings. He walked one and struck out five, throwing just 82 pitches.

Marte hit Walter’s first pitch of the game for a home run, his 20th of the season.

The Astros scored twice in the sixth. Walker led off with a double off Brandon Pfaadt, then advanced to third when Yainer Diaz also doubled. But Walker scored when shortstop Perdomo booted Brice Matthews’ grounder for an error. Diaz scored the go-ahead run on reliever Andrew Saalfrank’s wild pitch.

Houston made it 3-1 when Diaz doubled off Trevor Richards leading off the eighth and scored on Mauricio Dubón’s single.

Perdomo went 4 for 4.

Key moment Sousa got Arizona’s Randal Grichuk to hit into a double play with the bases loaded to end the eighth.

Key stat Walter has only walked four batters in 53 2/3 innings this season.

Next Arizona is off Thursday before beginning a nine-game trip Friday in Pittsburgh. Houston returns home to play the Athletics; the Astros have not announced a Thursday starter.

How can I watch Houston Astros vs. Arizona Diamondbacks?

TV Channel: Astros at Diamondbacks 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on Space City Home Network.
Online streaming: Sign up for Fubo.

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Marte struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Perdomo singled to left.
	9th Inning	Alexander grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	McCann struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Sousa
	9th Inning	Matthews struck out swinging.

Statistics

HOU		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	9
7	Strikeouts	7
3	Runs Batted In	3
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	35
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
24	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	3
16	Fly Balls	19
1	Caught Stealing	0
159	Pitches	121
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	15
41	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
5.0	Runs Created	4.2
.297	Batting Average	.257
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.378	Slugging Percentage	.429
.162	Secondary Average	.229
.350	On Base Percentage	.297
.728	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.726
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.2
32.0	Batter Rating	30.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.88	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.27
.081	Isolated Power	.171
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.073	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
-.135	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
7.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
83.8	MLB Rating	81.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0