MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros

· Major League Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates
33-29, 15-14 Away
Final
9 - 11
Houston Astros
28-35, 14-17 Home

Smith has tiebreaking 2-run triple in 8th to help the Astros beat the Pirates 11-9

Cam Smith hits an RBI Triple

Yordan Alvarez had four hits and two RBI for the Astros. Smith and Paredes had two hits and three RBI apiece, and Jeremy Peña went 2 for 3 with a double.

AJ Blubaugh (3-2) pitched the eighth inning to get the victory. Josh Hader made his season debut and worked a scoreless ninth for the save, ending the Pirates' winning streak at four.

Houston starter Spencer Arrighetti, who went 4-1 in five starts with a 0.93 ERA in May, allowed four runs in four innings.

Henry Davis hit his first career grand slam in the fourth inning for Pittsburgh. Nick Gonzalez had a homer, double and three RBI.

The Pirates have scored nine-plus runs in four consecutive games, the longest streak in the majors this season, and has struck out at least nine batters in eight straight games.

Pittsburgh's Gregory Soto (4-1), who faced four batters, allowed three runs and three hits and walked one.

Up next Pirates RHP Jared Jones (0-0, 10.48 ERA) was set to start Thursday against RHP Kai-Wei Teng (3-3, 2.57) in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Rodríguez grounded out to shortstop.
9th Inning Rodríguez hit for Davis
9th Inning Triolo walked.
9th Inning Garcia struck out swinging.
9th Inning O'Hearn grounded out to first.
9th Inning Hader relieved Blubaugh

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
13 Ground Balls 12
11 Strikeouts 12
9 Runs Batted In 10
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
12 Hits 14
1 Stolen Bases 0
6 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
9 Runs 11
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
38 At Bats 39
2 Home Runs 1
1 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
21 Runners Left On Base 19
0 Triples 1
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 3
14 Fly Balls 15
1 Caught Stealing 0
204 Pitches 202
0 Games Started 0
2 Pinch At Bats 2
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
20 Total Bases 22
45 Plate Appearances 43
324.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
4 Extra Base Hits 5
8.4 Runs Created 8.8
.316 Batting Average .359
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.526 Slugging Percentage .564
.368 Secondary Average .308
.422 On Base Percentage .419
.949 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .983
0.9 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.8
8.4 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 9.5
59.0 Batter Rating 67.5
19.0 At Bats Per Home Run 39.0
0.50 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.53 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.70
.211 Isolated Power .205
0.55 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.33
.133 Walks Per Plate Appearance .093
.053 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.051
18.0 Runs Produced 21.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.9
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.5
101.5 MLB Rating 107.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Daikin Park

Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 26,956 | Capacity:

2026 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee - 23 W2 0.62903225 39
St. Louis 5 28 W3 0.5483871 34
Pittsburgh 6.5 31 L2 0.52307695 34
Chicago 6.5 31 W1 0.52307695 34
Cincinnati 8.5 32 L3 0.4920635 31

2026 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Seattle - 31 W1 0.52307695 34
Texas 2.5 33 L1 0.484375 31
Athletics 3.5 34 L3 0.46875 30
Houston 4.5 36 W2 0.45454547 30
Los Angeles 10 41 L2 0.36923078 24
Full Standings