Miami Marlins at Houston Astros

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Miami Marlins

52-51, 21-31 Away

Final
2 - 5

Houston Astros

50-54, 26-27 Home

Alvarez and Paredes hit back-to-back homers in Astros' 5-2 win over Marlins

After Jeremy Peña's leadoff single in the eighth, Alvarez hit his major league-leading 34th homer to give Houston a 4-2 lead. Paredes followed with a shot to the same spot — left center field — to extend the lead.

The Astros took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on Nick Allen's RBI single. Peña hit a solo home run in the third inning, his third in as many games.

Steven Okert (3-1) pitched a flawless eighth inning, throwing only eight pitches, six for strikes. Starter Peter Lambert pitched six innings, gave up six hits, struck out three and walked two. Bryan Abreu earned his sixth save, striking out one in the ninth.

The Marlins have lost nine straight, with their last win coming before the All-Star break. They scored both their runs in the fourth inning. Javier Sanoja hit an RBI double and Joe Mack hit a single to tie it at 2.

Sandy Alcantara (10-6) pitched seven innings and was pulled after Paredes' home run. He gave up nine hits, struck out three and walked one.

Up next Marlins: Host San Diego for a three-game series starting Friday. RHP German Marquez (4-2, 5.24 ERA) will start for the Padres. Miami had not yet named a starter.

Astros: Visit the Chicago White Sox for a three-game series starting Friday. Spencer Arrighetti (7-5, 4.34) will start for Houston against Davis Martin (9-5, 3.31) for Chicago.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Ruiz struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Mack grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Sanoja flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Abreu relieved Okert
	9th Inning	Smith in right field.
	9th Inning	Trammell in left field.

Statistics

MIA		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	12
6	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	9
3	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
19	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	1
127	Pitches	126
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	1
9	Total Bases	18
36	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
2.7	Runs Created	4.7
.206	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.265	Slugging Percentage	.563
.206	Secondary Average	.281
.250	On Base Percentage	.303
.515	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.866
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.1
22.0	Batter Rating	38.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	10.7
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.53	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.059	Isolated Power	.281
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
72.0	MLB Rating	89.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0