San Francisco Giants at Houston Astros

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San Francisco Giants

5-1, 5-1 Away

Final
6 - 3

Houston Astros

2-4, 2-4 Home

Flores homers again and Matos and Wade also go deep to help Giants cap sweep of Astros with 6-3 win

LaMonte Wade Jr. snaps 0-for-16 start to season with pinch-hit HR

It’s the fourth home run this season for Flores, who hit just four in 71 games last season. He's tied with five others — Aaron Judge, Kyle Tucker, Seiya Suzuki, Anthony Volpe and Tommy Edman — for the second most in the majors. Arizona's Eugenio Suárez leads the majors with five homers.

Flores got things going with his two-run shot to the seats in left field off Framber Valdez (1-1) with one out in the first. Matos made it 3-0 with his shot to center field to start the second.

Heliot Ramos doubled with one out in the inning to extend his streak with an extra-base hit to six games to start the season, tying Felipe Alou (1963) for the longest such streak in franchise history. The double drove in two runs to push the lead to 5-0.

Jeremy Peña walked and stole second base with two outs in the second before scoring on a single to center field by Zach Dezenzo to cut the lead to 5-1.

Valdez allowed four hits and five runs with nine strikeouts in five innings after throwing seven scoreless frames on opening day.

The Astros loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth to chase Landen Roupp. Randy Rodríguez (1-0) took over and Yordan Alvarez hit a two-run single to cut the lead to 5-3. But Rodríguez retired the next three batters, with two strikeouts, to limit the damage.

Roupp allowed four hits and three runs with eight strikeouts in four-plus innings. Camilo Doval pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.

Wade’s pinch-hit home run with one out in the eighth was his first hit after opening the season 0 for 16.

Key moment Rodríguez’s performance in the fifth in working out of the jam to keep the Giants on top.

Key stat It’s the first time the Giants have swept the Astros since August 28-30, 2012, in Houston’s last season in the National League.

Up next The Giants are off Thursday before Justin Verlander (0-0, 3.60 ERA) starts their home opener against Seattle on Friday. Houston opens a series at Minnesota on Thursday with Hunter Brown (0-1, 3.00) on the mound.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Alvarez grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Paredes lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Altuve grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Doval relieved Rogers
	9th Inning	Adames lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Ramos struck out swinging.

Statistics

SF		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
16	Strikeouts	14
6	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
5	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	34
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	139
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
16	Total Bases	7
38	Plate Appearances	39
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	0
5.1	Runs Created	2.7
.182	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.485	Slugging Percentage	.206
.485	Secondary Average	.176
.289	On Base Percentage	.308
.774	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.514
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
42.0	Batter Rating	20.0
11.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.84	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.56
.303	Isolated Power	.000
0.31	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.36
.132	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.128
.303	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
12.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
83.8	MLB Rating	70.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0