Colorado Rockies at Houston Astros

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Colorado Rockies

27-52, 11-28 Away

Final
2 - 5

Houston Astros

39-40, 23-19 Home

Brown strong again, McCormick has 2 RBIs as Astros extend streak to 6 with 5-2 win over Rockies

Brown (5-5) allowed two hits to win his fourth straight start and help the Astros tie a season-high with their sixth consecutive win.

Jake Meyers tied a season high with three hits and Jose Altuve had two hits and an RBI as the Astros moved within a game of .500 at 39-40.

Michael Toglia hit a solo home run for Colorado with one out in the ninth and pinch-hitter Jacob Stallings walked with two outs. But Josh Hader struck out Brenton Doyle to end it.

It was the fourth loss in five games for the Rockies and their 10th consecutive loss at Minute Maid Park dating to Aug. 15, 2018.

The Astros jumped on starter Austin Gomber (1-5) for five runs in the first inning after scoring four runs in the opening frame of an 8-1 win over the Orioles on Sunday.

Altuve hit a leadoff single and stole second base before scoring on a single by Alex Bregman. Yainer Diaz and Jake Meyers drove in runs before McCormick smacked a line drive to center field to score two more.

Gomber settled down after the tough first inning, allowing only one single over the next four innings. He allowed eight hits and struck out four in 5 1/3 innings for his fourth straight loss. He was lifted after a double by Meyers with one out in the sixth.

The Rockies didn’t get a hit until Ezequiel Tovar singled to start the fourth inning, but he was erased when Ryan McMahon grounded into a forceout. Brendan Rodgers singled after that before Brown retired the next two batters to end the inning.

Seth Martinez hit Doyle with a pitch to start the eighth and McMahon singled with one out to send him to third. Rodgers singled to right field to score Doyle and make it 5-1.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rockies: OF Charlie Blackmon (right hamstring strain) stayed in Denver to work out this week, but manager Bud Black said he’s doing better. Black added that Blackmon, whose stint on the injured list was backdated to June 19, should be able to return the first day he’s eligible to come off the IL.

Astros: OF Kyle Tucker (bruised right shin) remains sore but is making progress, according to manager Joe Espada. Tucker took swings off a batting tee this weekend and Espada said the next step is to do some work in the outfield.

Houston RHP Spencer Arrighetti (3-6, 6.36 ERA) opposes RHP Ryan Feltner (1-6, 6.02) in the series finale Wednesday.

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Matchup Prediction

Astros: 67.2%

Rockies: 32.8%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Doyle struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Stallings walked.
	9th Inning	Stallings hit for Hilliard
	9th Inning	Goodman struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Toglia homered to left (381 feet).
	9th Inning	Cave struck out swinging.

Statistics

COL		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	12
11	Strikeouts	4
2	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
155	Pitches	120
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	10
37	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
2.8	Runs Created	3.7
.188	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.303
.250	Secondary Average	.152
.297	On Base Percentage	.314
.579	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.617
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.2
18.0	Batter Rating	33.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.19	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.43
.094	Isolated Power	.030
0.36	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.108	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.121
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.3	MLB Rating	82.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0