HOU 1, COL 9 | Apr 8, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, April 8, 2026•Coors Field•71°F, Partly Cloudy

HOU

Astros

COL

Rockies

Final

WIN

Michael Lorenzen

LOSS

AJ Blubaugh

SAVE

Zach Agnos

The Rockies cruised past the Astros 9-1 in a dominant performance.

Key Moment

Bot 8: Troy Johnston singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Joey Loperfido. Hunter Goodman scores. Jake McCarthy to 3rd.

Weather: 71°F, Partly CloudyWind: 13 mph, In From LFFirst pitch: 7:10 PM UTCT: 3:00Att: 15,189Venue: Coors Field

Ump Audit

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92.3%B

13 missed calls

+9.7% COL

+0.18 runs COL

Win Probability

COL WinHOU Win

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

Game 824374 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jeremy PeñaSS	5	0	1	0	0	1	.257/.316/.371	103	.311	.290
Yordan AlvarezDH	4	0	1	0	0	0	.317/.500/.683	85.3	.134	.129
Jose Altuve2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.333/.474/.556	101.7	.322	.294
Isaac Paredes3B	3	1	0	0	1	0	.207/.324/.345	96.9	.128	.124
Christian Walker1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.340/.400/.640	97.1	.381	.363
Cam SmithRF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.273/.385/.523	86.8	.090	.086
Joey LoperfidoCF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.273/.342/.364	93.7	.182	.187
Brice MatthewsLF	3	0	1	1	1	1	.136/.240/.318	97.6	.400	.400
Christian VázquezC	4	0	1	0	0	0	.300/.333/.550	93.4	.225	.211
Bench
Cristian JavierP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
AJ BlubaughP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	35	1	8	1	2	6	-	-	-	-

TB:8

RBI:Matthews

Team LOB:9

Colorado Rockies

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Edouard Julien2B	4	2	2	2	1	0	.261/.320/.304	105	.318

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Cristian Javier	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	20-14	89.2	12.54
AJ BlubaughL	1.0	4	5	5	3	0	0	39-23	87.9	10.80
Enyel De Los Santos	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	42-25	88.9	3.00
Christian Roa	1.2	0	1	1	3	1	0	34-13	91.2	3.86
Kai-Wei Teng	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	18-12	90.7	2.35
Bryan Abreu	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	22-11	91.2	19.64
Totals	8.0	10	9	9	9	7	1	175-98	-	-

WP:Blubaugh

HBP:Freeman (by Roa); Goodman (by Roa)

Inherited runners-scored:Teng 3-0

Pitches-strikes:Javier 20-14; Blubaugh 39-23; Santos 42-25; Roa 34-13; Teng 18-12; Abreu 22-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Javier 0-2; Blubaugh 2-1; Santos 2-2; Roa 1-2; Teng 2-1; Abreu 0-1

Colorado Rockies

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Michael LorenzenW	5.2	7	1	1	2	4	0	100-62	87.5	9.00

Game Notes

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B3Replay review: Christian Vázquez challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Kyle Karros walks.

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B5Replay review: Astros challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned: With Tyler Freeman batting, Edouard Julien picked off and caught stealing 2nd base, shortstop Jeremy Peña.

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B2Wild pitch by AJ Blubaugh

Bot 1 • COL

0-1

Tyler Freeman singles on a line drive to left fielder Joey Loperfido. Edouard Julien scores.

EV: 88.7 mph247 ftLA: 17°

Top 2 • HOU

1-1

Brice Matthews singles on a line drive to left fielder Mickey Moniak. Isaac Paredes scores. Christian Walker to 2nd.

EV: 97.6 mph268 ftLA: 16°

Bot 2 • COL

1-3