HOU 4, BAL 2 | Mar 4, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, March 4, 2026•Ed Smith Stadium•84°F, Cloudy

HOU

Astros

BAL

Orioles

Final

WIN

Colton Gordon

LOSS

Shane Baz

SAVE

Alimber Santa

The Astros defeated the Orioles 4-2.

Key Moment

Top 7: Ethan Frey homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

Weather: 84°F, CloudyWind: 8 mph, In From LFFirst pitch: 6:05 PM UTCT: 2:28Att: 5,122Venue: Ed Smith Stadium

Ump Audit

Macon Hammond

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92.1%B

12 missed calls

+2.9% BAL

+0.95 runs BAL

Win Probability

BAL WinHOU Win

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

Game 831642 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Tyler WhitakerRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brice Matthews2B	4	1	1	1	0	2	.294/.333/.353	98.2	-	-
Joseph SullivanCF	3	0	0	0	1	2	.063/.118/.063	104.8	-	-
James Nelson3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	.400/.571/.800	95.1	-	-
Josh WakefieldLF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286/.286/.429	108.3	-	-
Caden PowellDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	94.7	-	-
Collin Price1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.100/.100/.100	77.2	-	-
Riley UnroeSS	3	1	1	0	1	1	.357/.609/.357	101.1	-	-
Garret GuillemetteC	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.400/.000	-	-	-
Bench
Joey LoperfidoRF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.071/.278/.071	94.4	-	-
Jack Winkler3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	.273/.385/.545
Totals	32	4	4	2	3	15	-	-	-	-

HR:Frey (7th off Akin, 0 on, 0 out)

3B:Nelson

TB:9

RBI:Frey; Matthews

SB:Matthews

Team LOB:4

Baltimore Orioles

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Will RobertsonRF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200/.273/.300	99.5	-

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Colton GordonW	2.1	2	0	0	2	1	0	50-27	84.9	1.69
AJ BlubaughH	2.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	34-18	88.9	1.59
Miguel UllolaH	2.2	3	2	2	1	2	2	44-25	88.9	10.13
Alimber SantaS	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	87.6	2.08
Totals	9.0	8	2	2	3	4	2	142-79	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Blubaugh 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Gordon 50-27; Blubaugh 34-18; Ullola 44-25; Santa 14-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Gordon 1-4; Blubaugh 3-5; Ullola 0-6; Santa 3-0

Baltimore Orioles

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Shane BazL	3.0	2	3	3	2	5	0	49-31	91.4	5.06

Game Notes

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T4Replay review: Riley Unroe challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Riley Unroe called out on strikes.

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T9Replay review: Sam Huff challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Collin Price called out on strikes.

Bench
Colton CowserCF	3	0	2	0	0	0	.250/.294/.250	110	-	-
Taylor WardLF	2	0	0	0	1	0	.231/.444/.385	80.5	-	-
Adley RutschmanC	2	0	0	0	1	0	.235/.350/.471	106.6	-	-
Ryan Mountcastle1B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.267/.313/.400	93.4	-	-
Pete AlonsoDH	2	0	1	0	1	0	.278/.350/.611	103	-	-
Blaze AlexanderSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.231/.333/.231	107.8	-	-
Heston KjerstadRF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.353/.389/.588	98	-	-
Coby Mayo3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500/.438/.643	97.6	-	-
Thairo Estrada2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	99.6	-	-
Shane BazP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ryan HelsleyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tyler WellsP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Keegan AkinP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Dietrich EnnsP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Yaramil HiraldoP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-