Arizona Diamondbacks at Houston Astros

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Arizona Diamondbacks

74-68, 33-37 Away

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Houston Astros

73-69, 37-36 Home

Yainer Diaz homers in 3-run 3rd, Astros beat Diamondbacks 3-1

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Houston Astros: Game Highlights

Houston moved a season-high four games over .500 at 73-69 with its fifth victory in the last six games. The Astros expanded their lead in the AL West to three games over the Texas Rangers.

The Diamondbacks have lost four of their last five games. They fell into a tie with the San Diego Padres for the final NL wild-card spot.

Diaz led off the third with a solo home run to left. With one out, Jeremy Peña and Yordan Alvarez hit back-to-back singles before Isaac Paredes hit an RBI double. Jose Altuve followed with a sacrifice fly, scoring Alvarez.

Javier (2-5) yielded one run on one hit — a solo home run to Gabriel Moreno in the fourth — and tied his season high with eight strikeouts in five innings. Javier had his first win since July 27, snapping a four-game slide.

Enyel De Los Santos allowed a hit in a third of an inning, and Bennett Sousa yielded a hit in 1 1/3 innings. Sousa escaped a bases loaded jam in the sixth inducing an inning-ending double play by Nolan Arenado.

Bryan Abreu pitched 1 1/3 innings, and Josh Hader struck out the side in the ninth for his 23rd save in as many chances. It was Hader’s 250th career save.

Arizona starter Merrill Kelly (9-13) surrendered three runs on seven hits with four strikeouts in six innings. He threw seven shutout innings in his last start Aug. 29 against the Giants.

Up next RHP Brandon Pfaadt (7-2, 3.49 ERA) was set to start Saturday for the Diamondbacks opposite Astros RHP Ethan Pecko (1-0, 6.23).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Tawa struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Lawlar struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Arenado struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Abreu
	9th Inning	Allen at second base.
	8th Inning	Altuve grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Paredes out at second.

Statistics

ARI		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
6	Ground Balls	9
13	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
7	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
28	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
9	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	119
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	11
35	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
2.2	Runs Created	2.6
.107	Batting Average	.241
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.379
.429	Secondary Average	.138
.286	On Base Percentage	.258
.536	On-Base-Plus-Slugging	.637
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.9
13.0	Batter Rating	24.0
28.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.17	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.84
.143	Isolated Power	.138
0.54	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.200	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.321	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.103
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
63.5	MLB Rating	76.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0