HOU 10, WSH 5 | Mar 6, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, March 6, 2018•FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches•76°F, Partly Cloudy

HOU

Astros

WSH

Nationals

Final

WIN

Charlie Morton

LOSS

A.J. Cole

The Astros cruised past the Nationals 10-5 in a dominant performance.

★Alejandro Garcia3 RBI

★Jon Kemmer3-for-3, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Ryne Birk triples (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Moises Sierra. Alejandro Garcia scores.

Weather: 76°F, Partly CloudyWind: 10 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 6:05 PM UTCT: 3:13Att: 3,646Venue: FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

Win Probability

WSH WinHOU Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	10	12	0
WSH	0	0	0	0	3	2	0

Game 533959 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Stephen WrennCF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Ryne Birk2B	2	0	1	1	0	0	.800/.857/1.200
Nick Tanielu3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200/.200/.200
Anibal SierraSS	2	0	0	0	0	1	.100/.100/.100
Chuckie RobinsonDH	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000/.000/.000
AJ Reed1B	4	2	2	2	1	0	.174/.296/.435
Jamie RitchieC	0	1	0	0	1	0	.429/.500/.429
Jon KemmerLF	3	3	3	1	1	0	.231/.444/.462
Alejandro GarciaRF	1	1	1	3	0	0	.154/.154/.231
Bench
Josh ReddickRF	3	0	1	2	0	1	.308/.357/.308
Marwin Gonzalez3B	3	1	2	1	0	0	.316/.350/.579
Jose Altuve2B
Totals	38	10	12	10	4	10	-

HR:Gonzalez (1st off Cole, 0 on, 1 out); Reed (4th off Goforth, 1 on, 0 out); Kemmer (6th off Fedde, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Garcia; Kemp; Gonzalez

3B:Birk

TB:26

RBI:Birk; Garcia 3; Reed 2; Reddick 2; Kemmer; Gonzalez

SB:Reddick

GIDP:Stassi

Team LOB:5

Washington Nationals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Matt ReynoldsLF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.188/.435/.188
Moisés SierraRF	1	0

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Charlie MortonW	3.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	24-24	0.00
Ken Giles	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	11-7	0.00
James Hoyt	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	6-5	12.46
Reymin GuduanH	0.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	9-5	1.93
Trent ThorntonH	2.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	20-16	3.24
Matt Ramsey	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10-10	10.80
Totals	9.0	11	5	5	3	14	1	80-67	-

Pitches-strikes:Morton 24-24; Giles 11-7; Hoyt 6-5; Guduan 9-5; Thornton 20-16; Ramsey 10-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Morton 1-2; Giles 0-1; Hoyt 1-1; Guduan 0-0; Thornton 1-2; Ramsey 1-3

Washington Nationals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
A.J. ColeL	3.0	5	3	3	0	4	1	25-21	5.40

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • HOU

1-0

Marwin Gonzalez homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field.

Top 3 • HOU

3-0

Josh Reddick singles on a ground ball to center fielder Andrew Stevenson. Jon Kemmer scores. Tony Kemp scores.

Top 4 • HOU

5-0

AJ Reed homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Evan Gattis scores.

Bot 5 • WSH

5-2

Jose Marmolejos homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Chris Dominguez scores.

5-3

Matt Wieters singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Tony Kemp. Adrian Sanchez scores. Kelvin Gutierrez to 3rd.

Top 6 • HOU

6-3

Jon Kemmer homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.

Bot 6 • WSH

6-5

Adrian Sanchez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Alejandro Garcia. Andrew Stevenson scores. Chris Dominguez scores. Moises Sierra to 3rd.

Top 8 • HOU

10-5

Ryne Birk triples (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Moises Sierra. Alejandro Garcia scores.

9-5

Alejandro Garcia doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Blake Perkins. AJ Reed scores. Jamie Ritchie scores. Jon Kemmer scores.

Inherited runners-scored:Smith 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Cole 25-21; Goforth 11-7; Fedde 13-13; Collins 5-5; Mendez 18-6; Smith 6-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Cole 1-3; Goforth 2-0; Fedde 2-2; Collins 2-0; Mendez 0-1; Smith 2-1

Bench
Wilmer DifoSS	3	0	1	0	0	0	.053/.143/.053
Howie Kendrick2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.357/.471/.429
Bryce HarperRF	3	0	1	0	0	1	.308/.357/.615
Anthony Rendon3B	2	0	1	0	1	1	.300/.417/.300
Matt WietersC	2	0	1	1	1	1	.455/.538/.727
Brian GoodwinLF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.188/.316/.188
Andrew StevensonCF	3	1	1	0	0	2	.286/.333/.500
Chris Dominguez1B	3	2	2	0	0	1	.318/.318/.500
A.J. ColeP							.000/.000/.000
David GoforthP							.000/.000/.000
Erick FeddeP							.000/.000/.000
Tim CollinsP							.000/.000/.000
Roman MendezP							.000/.000/.000
Chris SmithP							.000/.000/.000