League Championship Series, Game #6 - Houston 4, Atlanta 3 (12 minutes)
United Federation of Baseball League Championship Series, Game #6 - Houston 4, Atlanta 3 (12 minutes). A 2-out, 2-run walkoff homer by Astros secondbaseman Jose Altuve capped an astonishing (almost implausible!) 9th inning, knotting the series at 3 games apiece and forcing a 7th game. Until the bottom of the 7th inning, this was a scoreless pitchers' duel between the Astros' Luis Garcia and Atlanta's Kyle Wright. In the bottom of the 7th, Wright got Jeremy Pena to fly out to left, and then got Michael Brantley to ground out to second. But Wright then walked the next 2 batters, Chas McCormick and Christian Vazquez, and Atlanta sent Bryce Elder to the mound to face Altuve. Altuve hit a grounder to Orlando Arcia at second, but Arcia mishandled the ball. That was Arcia's second error of the game, and the bases were now loaded with 2 out. The next batter, Yuli Gurriel, singled to score McCormick and Vazquez, and the Astros now led 2-0. In the 8th inning, Garcia retired 3 straight Atlanta batters, and Elder retired 3 straight Astros batters, so the game went to the top of the 9th with the Astros up 2-0. Michael Harris led off the top of the 9th with a single, and that was all for Garcia. Astros reliever Hector Neris took the hill, and immediately threw a wild pitch that sent Harris to second. But Neris then struck out Ronald Acuna and Matt Olson, and Atlanta was down to their final out. It was now all up to Dansby Swanson, the UFB regular season MVP, and Swanson came through with a single to score Harris from second. Atlanta was still down 2-1, and the Astros pulled Neris and brought in Ryan Pressly to face Austin Riley. Riley homered [dice roll 2-8, HR 1-16, 2B 17-20, card 1] and Atlanta now led 3-2. Pressly got Travis D'Arnaud to line out to third, but Atlanta was now 3 outs away from victory. In the bottom of the 9th, Tyler Matzek took the hill to try to close it out for Atlanta. He retired Brantley and McCormick, and Atlanta was now 1 out away from winning the championship. But Matzek gave up a double to Vazquez, and with the tying run on second and Altuve coming to the plate, Atlanta turned to Kenley Jansen (who already had 5 saves in the post-season). But Altuve homered [dice roll 2-11, HR 1-9, flyball 10-20, card 6] to give the Astros a very dramatic victory. It now all comes down to Game #7 at Minute Maid Park. Cristian Javier, the UFB regular season Cy Young Award winner (but 0-3 with a 4.15 ERA in the post-season) will start for the Astros, and Spencer Strider will pitch for Atlanta.
BOXSCORE: 2022 Atlanta Braves At 2022 Houston Astros 7/23/2023
(12 min) Altuve's walkoff homer forces 7th game! (11/7)
Braves AB R H RBI AVG Astros AB R H RBI AVG
M.Harris CF 4 1 1 0 .130 J.Altuve 2B 4 1 1 2 .178
R.Acuna RF 4 0 0 0 .140 Y.Gurriel 1B 4 0 1 2 .245
M.Olson 1B 4 0 0 0 .214 K.Tucker RF 4 0 1 0 .233
D.Swanson SS 4 1 2 1 .289 A.Bregman 3B 4 0 0 0 .159
A.Riley 3B 4 1 2 2 .156 Y.Alvarez DH 4 0 1 0 .250
T.D'Arnaud C 3 0 0 0 .171 J.Pena SS 4 0 0 0 .205
M.Ozuna LF 3 0 0 0 .125 M.Brantley LF 4 0 0 0 .250
W.Contreras DH 3 0 0 0 .292 C.McCormick CF 3 1 1 0 .231
O.Arcia 2B 3 0 0 0 .250 C.Vazquez C 3 1 2 0 .346
A-M.Dubon PR 0 1 0 0 .400
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 3 5 3 Totals 34 4 7 4
A-Pinch Ran For Vazquez In 9th Inning
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 5 3
Astros.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 - 4 7 0
Braves (7-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
K.Wright 6 2/3 4 2 0 3 2 0 1.38 A1 C9
B.Elder 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.80 D1 D6
T.Matzek HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 9.00 D7 D9
K.Jansen L(0-1) BS(1st) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.50 E1
Totals 8 2/3 7 4 2 3 2 1
Astros (7-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
L.Garcia 8 3 1 1 1 8 0 1.25 A1 D1
H.Neris HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.69 D2 D4
R.Pressly W(1-0) BS(2nd) 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.93 D5
Totals 9 5 3 3 1 10 1
ATTENDANCE- 39,300 DATE- Sunday, July 23rd 2023 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Ryan Blakney, Marvin Hudson, Adrian Johnson, John Tumpane
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 3 Astros: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 1 Astros: 0
ERRORS- T.D'Arnaud, O.Arcia-2
DOUBLES- C.Vazquez(5th)
HOME RUNS- A.Riley(4th), J.Altuve(2nd)
RBIs- D.Swanson(4th), A.Riley-2(5th), J.Altuve-2(5th), Y.Gurriel-2(3rd)
WALKS- T.D'Arnaud, J.Altuve, C.McCormick, C.Vazquez
STRIKE OUTS- M.Harris, R.Acuna, M.Olson-3, D.Swanson, T.D'Arnaud, M.Ozuna,
W.Contreras, O.Arcia, A.Bregman, C.McCormick
GIDP- Y.Gurriel
WILD PITCHES- H.Neris
2-out RBI- Y.Gurriel-2, D.Swanson, A.Riley-2, J.Altuve-2
RLISP 2-out- W.Contreras, K.Tucker
TEAM RISP- Braves: 1 for 5 Astros: 2 for 4
Luis Garcia went 8 strong innings at Minute Maid Park as the Houston Astros
won in dramatic fashion coming back to beat the Atlanta Braves by the count
of 4 to 3.
Houston came up with the deciding runs in the 9th inning scoring 2 runs on 2
hits. After two outs Christian Vazquez started the rally when he doubled.
Jose Altuve next to the plate and he cleared the fences for a two-run home
run making Houston the winners and sending the 39,300 fans home happy. The
game was a scoreless duel until the 7th inning.
Ryan Pressly(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing 1 run in 1/3 of an inning.
Kenley Jansen(0-1) took the loss in relief. Houston now has a record of 7-5.
With this loss, Atlanta has a 6-4 record of late, 7-5 overall.
SCORESHEET: 2022 Atlanta Braves at 2022 Houston Astros
M.Harris-A1 A1:G/63 B1:K C1:G/63 *9*:Si
R.Acuna-A1 A2:G/53 B2:F/7 C2:G/13 D2:WP>12
K
M.Olson-A1 A3:K *4*:K *7*:L/4 D3:K
D.Swanso-A1 *2*:Si B4:K C4:G/53 D4:Si>2#
A.Riley-A1 A5:L/6 B5:L/6 C5:Si D5:HR>1#
b#
T.D'Arna-A1 A6:W>12 b *5*:K C6:F/9 D6:L/5
1
M.Ozuna-A1 A7:P/6 B7:K *8*:L/6
W.Contre-A1 A8:K B8:L/6 C8:G/53
O.Arcia-A1 *3*:G/53 *6*:K C9:F/8
J.Altuve-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:Force/ C1:F/9 D1:E/4>23 E1:HR>2#
46>1o b1 12 b#
Y.Gurrie-A1 A2:G-DP/5 B2:G/53 *6*:F/9 D2:Si>3#
43>1o 2# 13
K.Tucker-A1 A3:F/8 *4*:F/9 C3:E(foul D3:G/43
)/2 Si
A.Bregma-A1 *2*:G/63 B4:F/7 C4:K *8*:G/63
Y.Alvare-A1 A5:Si B5:E/4 C5:G/63 D5:G/3
J.Pena-A1 A6:L/4 B6:G/63 *7*:F/7 D6:L/6
M.Brantl-A1 A7:G/13 *5*:F/9 C7:G/43 *9*:G/23
C.McCorm-A1 *3*:K B8:Si C8:W>b1 D8:F/8
C.Vazque-A1 A9:Si B9:Force/ C9:W>12 b D9:Do
M.Dubon-E1 54>1o b1 1
*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 M.Harris 6- 5 0 Ground Out b-0 0-0 HOU 55%
1 R.Acuna 6- 6 0 Ground Out b-0 0-0 HOU 57%
2 M.Olson 4- 5 0 Strike Out b-0 0-0 HOU 59%
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 J.Altuve 1- 5 0 Walk b-1 0-0 HOU 63%
0 1 Y.Gurriel 6-11 0 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0 0-0 HOU 54%
2 K.Tucker 1- 7 0 Fly Out b-0 0-0 HOU 53%
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 D.Swanson 5-12 0 Single b-1 0-0 ATL 51%
0 1 A.Riley 6- 7 20 0 Line Out b-0 0-0 HOU 52%
1 1 T.D'Arnaud 4-12 0 Walk 1-2 b-1 0-0 ATL 53%
1 12 M.Ozuna 3- 8 0 Pop Out b-0 0-0 HOU 53%
2 12 W.Contreras 5-10 0 Strike Out b-0 0-0 HOU 58%
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 A.Bregman 6- 4 0 Ground Out b-0 0-0 HOU 55%
1 Y.Alvarez 3- 5 0 Single b-1 0-0 HOU 58%
1 1 J.Pena 2- 7 12 0 Line Out b-0 0-0 HOU 55%
2 1 M.Brantley 2- 9 0 Ground Out b-0 0-0 HOU 52%
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 O.Arcia 2- 4 0 Ground Out b-0 0-0 HOU 55%
1 M.Harris 4- 7 0 Strike Out b-0 0-0 HOU 57%
2 R.Acuna 1-11 14 0 Fly Out b-0 0-0 HOU 58%
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 C.McCormick 1- 6 0 Strike Out b-0 0-0 HOU 56%
1 C.Vazquez 5- 3 0 Single b-1 0-0 HOU 59%
1 1 J.Altuve 6- 7 0 Force Play 1-o b-1 0-0 HOU 56%
2 1 Y.Gurriel 4- 7 14 0 Ground Out b-0 0-0 HOU 52%
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 M.Olson 5-10 0 Strike Out b-0 0-0 HOU 55%
1 D.Swanson 3- 5 0 Strike Out b-0 0-0 HOU 57%
2 A.Riley 6- 7 5 0 Line Out b-0 0-0 HOU 58%
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 K.Tucker 3-11 20 0 Fly Out b-0 0-0 HOU 55%
1 A.Bregman 2-10 11 0 Fly Out b-0 0-0 HOU 53%
2 Y.Alvarez 6- 7 0 1 Base Error - 2B b-1 0-0 HOU 55%
2 1 J.Pena 6- 4 0 Ground Out b-0 0-0 HOU 52%
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 T.D'Arnaud 3- 5 0 Strike Out b-0 0-0 HOU 55%
1 M.Ozuna 2- 7 0 Strike Out b-0 0-0 HOU 57%
2 W.Contreras 4- 5 16 0 Line Out b-0 0-0 HOU 58%
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 M.Brantley 3- 9 0 Fly Out b-0 0-0 HOU 55%
1 C.McCormick 1-12 0 Single b-1 0-0 HOU 59%
1 1 C.Vazquez 4- 7 20 0 Force Play 1-o b-1 0-0 HOU 55%
2 1 J.Altuve 6- 6 0 Fly Out b-0 0-0 HOU 52%
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 O.Arcia 4- 7 0 Strike Out b-0 0-0 HOU 55%
1 M.Harris 2- 4 0 Ground Out b-0 0-0 HOU 58%
2 R.Acuna 2- 8 0 Ground Out b-0 0-0 HOU 59%
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 Y.Gurriel 6- 6 0 Fly Out b-0 0-0 HOU 56%
1 K.Tucker 5-10 0 Error On Foul Popup - C 0-0 HOU 56%
1 K.Tucker 4- 9 0 Single b-1 0-0 HOU 59%
1 1 A.Bregman 6-10 0 Strike Out b-0 0-0 HOU 55%
2 1 Y.Alvarez 2- 7 0 Ground Out b-0 0-0 HOU 52%
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 M.Olson 5- 7 19 0 Line Out b-0 0-0 HOU 55%
1 D.Swanson 4-10 0 Ground Out b-0 0-0 HOU 58%
2 A.Riley 4-10 0 Single b-1 0-0 HOU 56%
2 1 T.D'Arnaud 6- 2 0 Fly Out b-0 0-0 HOU 60%
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 J.Pena 2-11 0 Fly Out b-0 0-0 HOU 56%
1 M.Brantley 1- 9 0 Ground Out b-0 0-0 HOU 53%
2 C.McCormick 3- 6 0 Walk b-1 0-0 HOU 55%
2 1 C.Vazquez 4- 6 0 Walk 1-2 b-1 0-0 HOU 60%
SUBSTITUTE P - Bryce Elder
2 12 J.Altuve 6- 7 0 1 Base Error - 2B 2-3 1-2 b-1 0-0 HOU 66%
2 123 Y.Gurriel 5- 3 0 Single 3-H 2-H 1-3 b-1 0-2 HOU 89%
2 1 3 K.Tucker 5- 8 0 Ground Out b-0 0-2 HOU 88%
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
0 M.Ozuna 6- 7 12 0 Line Out b-0 0-2 HOU 91%
1 W.Contreras 6- 6 0 Ground Out b-0 0-2 HOU 93%
2 O.Arcia 5- 4 0 Fly Out b-0 0-2 HOU 95%
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
0 A.Bregman 3- 7 0 Ground Out b-0 0-2 HOU 94%
1 Y.Alvarez 6- 6 0 Ground Out b-0 0-2 HOU 93%
2 J.Pena 5-11 11 0 Line Out b-0 0-2 HOU 93%
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0 M.Harris 1- 7 12 0 Single b-1 0-2 HOU 86%
SUBSTITUTE P - Hector Neris
0 1 R.Acuna 0 Wild Pitch 1-2 0-2 HOU 86%
0 2 R.Acuna 4- 5 0 Strike Out b-0 0-2 HOU 91%
1 2 M.Olson 6- 8 0 Strike Out b-0 0-2 HOU 96%
2 2 D.Swanson 5-11 0 Single 2-H b-1 1-2 HOU 93%
SUBSTITUTE P - Ryan Pressly
2 1 A.Riley 2- 8 1 0 Home Run 1-H b-H 3-2 ATL 82%
2 T.D'Arnaud 1-12 0 Line Out b-0 3-2 ATL 81%
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Tyler Matzek
0 M.Brantley 4- 4 0 Ground Out b-0 3-2 ATL 89%
1 C.McCormick 1- 7 0 Fly Out b-0 3-2 ATL 95%
2 C.Vazquez 1- 6 4 0 Double b-2 3-2 ATL 86%
SUBSTITUTE P - Kenley Jansen
SUBSTITUTE PR- Mauricio Dubon
2 2 J.Altuve 2-11 6 0 Home Run 2-H b-H 3-4 HOU 100%
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