HOU 10, WSH 8 | Mar 1, 2024 | The Best Box Score

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Friday, March 1, 2024•CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches•79°F, Cloudy

HOU

Astros

WSH

Nationals

Final

WIN

Hunter Brown

LOSS

Jake Irvin

SAVE

Jimmy Endersby

The Astros defeated the Nationals 10-8.

★Shay Whitcomb3 RBI

★Alex Call3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 7: Jacob Melton homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Chad Stevens scores.

Weather: 79°F, CloudyWind: 18 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 6:05 PM UTCT: 2:57Att: 2,514Venue: CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches

Win Probability

WSH WinHOU Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	1	0	10	10	4
WSH	1	2	0	1	0	0	0

Game 748165 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Joey LoperfidoLF	2	0	1	1	1	1	.444/.500/.556
C.J. StubbsC	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Jordan Brewer1B	2	1	0	0	0	1	.167/.286/.167
Kenedy CoronaCF	2	1	1	0	1	0	.429/.556/.429
Chad Stevens3B	2	1	1	0	0	1	.222/.222/.222
Jacob MeltonRF	3	2	1	2	0	0	.111/.111/.444
Luke BerryhillDH	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000/.200/.000
Brice MatthewsSS	1	1	0	0	1	0	.000/.500/.000
Alberto Hernandez2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Bench
Chas McCormickLF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.250/.400/.500
Yainer DiazC	4	0	0	0	0	1	.083/.083/.167
Jon Singleton1B
Totals	37	10	10	9	7	8	-

HR:Melton (7th off Irvin, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Whitcomb 2; Loperfido

TB:16

RBI:Whitcomb 3; Kessinger 2; Wagner; Loperfido; Melton 2

SB:Corona; Matthews

GIDP:Meyers; McCormick

Team LOB:7

Washington Nationals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Jordy BarleySS	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
James WoodRF	1	0

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Framber Valdez	1.1	5	3	3	1	2	1	25-18	20.25
Joel Kuhnel	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	5.40
Ryan Pressly	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	0.00
Hunter BrownW	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	16-11	2.25
Rhett KoubaH	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	13-9	0.00
AJ Blubaugh	1.1	3	4	2	2	1	1	22-12	13.50
Jimmy EndersbyS	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4-4	0.00
Totals	9.0	12	8	6	5	6	2	86-59	-

WP:Blubaugh

HBP:Thomas (by Valdez); Winker (by Pressly)

Inherited runners-scored:Kuhnel 2-0; Endersby 3-2

Pitches-strikes:Valdez 25-18; Kuhnel 2-2; Pressly 4-3; Brown 16-11; Kouba 13-9; Blubaugh 22-12; Endersby 4-4

Groundouts-flyouts:Valdez 1-1; Kuhnel 2-0; Pressly 1-1; Brown 2-3; Kouba 3-2; Blubaugh 1-3; Endersby 1-0

Washington Nationals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
MacKenzie Gore	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	20-15	1.80
Richard Bleier

Bot 1 • WSH

0-1

CJ Abrams homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.

Bot 2 • WSH

0-2

CJ Abrams singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jake Meyers. Trey Lipscomb scores. Victor Robles to 3rd.

0-3

Lane Thomas hit by pitch.

Bot 4 • WSH

0-4

Lane Thomas out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Meyers. Ildemaro Vargas scores.

Top 5 • HOU

2-4

Shay Whitcomb doubles (1) on a pop up to right fielder Lane Thomas, deflected by first baseman Juan Yepez. Grae Kessinger scores.

1-4

Grae Kessinger reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Trey Lipscomb. David Hensley scores. Grae Kessinger to 2nd.

Top 6 • HOU

7-4

Shay Whitcomb doubles (2) on a fly ball to center fielder Victor Robles. Will Wagner scores. Grae Kessinger scores.

5-4

Grae Kessinger singles on a ground ball to right fielder James Wood. Kenedy Corona scores. Jacob Melton scores. Will Wagner to 3rd.

3-4

Will Wagner walks. Jordan Brewer scores. Kenedy Corona to 3rd. Jacob Melton to 2nd.

Top 7 • HOU

9-4

Jacob Melton homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Chad Stevens scores.

Top 8 • HOU

10-4

Joey Loperfido doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Alex Call. Brice Matthews scores.

Bot 8 • WSH

10-6

Alex Call homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Jake Alu scores.

Bot 9 • WSH

10-8

Alex Call grounds into a force out, shortstop Brice Matthews to second baseman Alberto Hernandez. Robert Hassell III scores. Lewin Díaz scores. Darren Baker out at 2nd. Alex Call to 1st. Throwing error by second baseman Alberto Hernandez.

Bench
CJ AbramsSS	2	1	2	2	0	0	.444/.500/.778
Ildemaro VargasSS	3	1	1	0	0	0	.200/.273/.200
Lane ThomasRF	1	0	1	1	0	0	.364/.429/.636
Keibert RuizC	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250/.333/.250
Nick Senzel3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.143/.250/.143
Juan Yepez1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.222/.300/.222
Trey Lipscomb2B	3	1	2	0	0	1	.333/.375/.400
Travis BlankenhornDH	2	0	0	0	0	1	.300/.300/.600
Victor RoblesCF	3	1	1	0	0	0	.286/.500/.286
MacKenzie GoreP							.000/.000/.000
Richard BleierP							.000/.000/.000
Jacob BarnesP							.000/.000/.000
Jake IrvinP							.000/.000/.000
Jordan WeemsP							.000/.000/.000
Robert GsellmanP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Houston Astros

Washington Nationals

Pitching

Houston Astros

Washington Nationals

Game Notes