Houston Astros at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

60-58, 30-29 Away

Final
2 - 3

San Diego Padres

61-57, 33-26 Home

Jackson Merrill's home run helps Padres beat Astros 3-2

Houston Astros vs. San Diego Padres: Game Highlights

Fernando Tatis Jr. walked to leadoff the first inning, Jake Cronenworth singled and Ty France walked to load the bases before Merrill hit into a forceout to take a 1-0 lead.

Merrill hit a 421-foot solo shot off Astros starter Peter Lambert in the third.

Gavin Sheets singled to leadoff the fourth and scored when Tatis reached on fielding error by shortstop Jeremy Peña.

Michael King (7-8) pitched six innings for the Padres and struck out six. He gave up three hits, an earned run and walked one. Mason Miller allowed one run in the ninth and earned his career-high 28th save of the season.

Houston's Taylor Trammell hit a solo shot, seventh of the year, with two out in the second. Yainer Diaz hit an RBI single that made it 3-2 with two out in the ninth, but pinch-hitter LaMonte Wade Jr. grounded out to end the game.

Lambert (8-6) gave up three runs, two earned, in five innings. He allowed five hits, struck out three and walked three.

Up next Astros RHP Cristian Javier (1-2, 6.59 ERA) starts the series finale on Sunday. The Padres have not yet named their starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Wade Jr. grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Wade Jr. hit for Meyers
	9th Inning	Diaz singled to left, Walker scored.
	9th Inning	Smith struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Varsho grounded out to first, Walker to third.
	9th Inning	Walker to second on wild pitch by Miller.

Statistics

HOU		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	13
11	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	2
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
8	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	1
158	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	8
36	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
1.9	Runs Created	2.4
.156	Batting Average	.172
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.276
.219	Secondary Average	.276
.250	On Base Percentage	.273
.531	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.549
1.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.5
18.0	Batter Rating	20.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
4.39	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.94
.125	Isolated Power	.103
0.27	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.80
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.121
.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.103
4.0	Runs Produced	5.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
68.5	MLB Rating	71.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0