Houston Astros at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

60-57, 30-28 Away

Final
6 - 3

San Diego Padres

60-57, 32-26 Home

Cam Smith homers twice as Astros beat newcomer Robbie Ray, Padres 6-3

Houston Astros vs. San Diego Padres: Game Highlights

The Padres dropped two games behind the third NL wild-card spot.

Smith connected to left off Ray with one out in the second and off Yuki Matsui leading off the sixth, also to left. He has 15 home runs this season. It was the fourth career multi-homer game for Smith, who had three hits. He also hit two homers against San Diego on April 18, 2025, in Houston in his 15th career game.

Christian Walker hit a two-run single in the third and Yordan Alvarez an RBI single in the fourth to give the Astros a 4-0 lead.

Ray (10-7) was obtained at the trade deadline on Monday from the San Francisco Giants. In his previous start, he beat the Padres 4-1 at Petco Park on July 30.

Ray recorded outs on each of his first two pitches but then loaded the bases on a double and consecutive walks. He then got Daulton Varsho to line out to center.

The left-hander allowed four runs and seven hits in five innings, walked five and struck out two.

Fernando Tatis Jr. homered, his 10th this season, to left with two outs in the fifth to pull the Padres to 4-3 and chase starter Ronel Blanco. With his 162nd career shot, Tatis passed Adrian Gonzalez for sole possession of third place on the Padres' all-time list. He needs two more to pass Nate Colbert for second.

Jackson Merrill hit an RBI triple in the fourth for the Padres and scored on a double play.

The Padres loaded the bases with two outs against two relievers in the seventh before Bryan Abreu (4-3) got Luis Rengifo to ground out.

Blanco pitched 4 2/3 innings and allowed three runs and four hits, with three walks and one strikeout in his fifth start since returning from right elbow surgery in June 2025.

Josh Hader pitched a perfect ninth for his 16th save.

Up next Astros RHP Peter Lambert (8-5, 3.06 ERA) and Padres RHP Michael King (6-8, 3.45) are scheduled to start Saturday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Tatis Jr. grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Bowen struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bogaerts grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Abreu
	9th Inning	Allen at second base.
	9th Inning	Walker grounded out to pitcher.

Statistics

HOU		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	15
3	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
3	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
19	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	1
151	Pitches	157
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	12
41	Plate Appearances	37
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
7.1	Runs Created	3.6
.314	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.571	Slugging Percentage	.387
.429	Secondary Average	.290
.415	On Base Percentage	.351
.986	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.738
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.7
7.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.6
45.0	Batter Rating	22.5
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.24
.257	Isolated Power	.161
2.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.71
.146	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.135
.114	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.065
11.0	Runs Produced	5.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
95.8	MLB Rating	76.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0