Houston Astros at Philadelphia Phillies

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Houston Astros

75-72, 38-34 Away

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Philadelphia Phillies

82-65, 41-34 Home

Cam Smith hit solo homer in 9th off All-Star closer Duran in Houston's 2-1 win over Phillies

Cam Smith's 9th-inning homer propels Astros past Phillies

Smith connected on a splitter for the first home run off Duran (2-6) since May 22.

Philadelphia dropped four games behind NL East-leading Atlanta heading into a three-game series at the Braves starting Friday.

Houston started the day with a two-game lead over second-place Texas in the AL West. The Astros (75-72) are the only team in the division with a winning record.

Javier, who tossed the first six innings of a combined no-hitter for Houston against Philadelphia in the 2022 World Series, gave up one run, three hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings.

Houston retired Philadelphia's last 12 batters. Bennett Sousa, Bryan Abreu (6-3) and Josh Hader each pitched a perfect inning, and Hader needed just eight pitches to remain perfect in 25 save chances.

Philadelphia's Zack Wheeler allowed one run, five hits and two walks with nine strikeouts in seven innings. He's eight strikeouts shy of striking out 2,000.

Taylor Trammell’s second-inning RBI double scored Christian Walker from first. Bryson Stott hit into a run-scoring forceout in the fifth.

Brandon Marsh fouled a pitch off a foot in the eighth inning and was removed from the game.

Up next The Astros head to Tampa Bay to face the American League’s top team in the Rays.

Philadelphia will start Aaron Nola (6-10, 4.76 ERA) on Friday against Braves ace Chris Sale (14-9, 2.10 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Turner grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Schwarber grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Sosa struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Abreu
	9th Inning	Sosa hit for Marchán
	9th Inning	Allen at second base.

Statistics

HOU		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	9
10	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	111
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	4
36	Plate Appearances	29
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
3.7	Runs Created	-1.1
.242	Batting Average	.107
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.394	Slugging Percentage	.143
.242	Secondary Average	.071
.306	On Base Percentage	.138
.699	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.281
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
3.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-1.1
23.0	Batter Rating	9.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.83
.152	Isolated Power	.036
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.034
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.036
4.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
76.0	MLB Rating	59.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0