Line Score – Game Over
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 8 |
| WSH | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
Box Score
| WSH | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CF | Young | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .237 |
| LF | Gallo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .133 |
| SS | Abrams | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 |
| DH | Winker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .345 |
| RF | Thomas, L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .195 |
| 2B | García Jr., L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .296 |
| PR | Nuñez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1B | Meneses | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
| CF | Rosario, E | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 |
| PH | Senzel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| C | Adams, R | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
| 3B | Vargas, I | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .323 |
| WSH | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gore | 4.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 92-64 | 3.60 |
| Garcia, Ro | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19-10 | 4.32 |
| Law, D | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19-13 | 3.65 |
| Floro | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15-9 | 1.00 |
| Barnes, M | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18-11 | 3.68 |
| Rainey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10-6 | 5.14 |
| HOU | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2B | Altuve | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .376 |
| DH | Alvarez, Y | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .272 |
| 3B | Bregman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .232 |
| RF | Tucker | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .275 |
| C | Diaz, Y | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .304 |
| SS | Peña | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .349 |
| LF | McCormick | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| 1B | Abreu, J | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .073 |
| CF | Dubón | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .319 |
| HOU | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verlander | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 78-50 | 3.00 |
| Abreu, B | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14-10 | 5.40 |
| Pressly | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18-12 | 8.22 |
| Hader | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30-19 | 8.38 |
Scoring Plays
Highlights
Decisions
| Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Save |
|---|---|---|
| Verlander (1-0, 3.00 ERA) | Gore (2-1, 3.60 ERA) | Hader (2 SV, 8.38 ERA) |
Game ended at 8:39 PM.
47 comments
We really went from $14mil Stressly last year to $14mil Stressly AND $19mil Heart Attack Hader this year instead of just re-signing Neris and another RP or two
Dad is back and I am happy
Heart Attack Hector? No, Heart Attack Hader!
LFG WHERE THE CAT AT
Where the fuck is Nori?
Great to see JV back. Solid win.
Abreu has 4 hits…on the season. Bench him
Excluding the bottom 9th clenching, that game was more or less what I expected from this team this year. Solid starting pitching, balanced offense, and bullpen preserving the lead. Need more of that.
[posting a pic of Nori for every win (7)](https://x.com/norithecat17/status/1781497879556653254?s=46)
Hader with a 4 out save courtesy of Jose Abreu
JV day ends as a smashing success
WELCOME BACK JV!!!
NICE WIN!!!
[“I love it when a plan comes together.”](https://youtu.be/NsUFBm1uENs?si=oimFCk-LA8z6tE54)
Oh shit. We beat a non-T* team
League fucked
Hader tried to fuck that up but a win is a win.
The boys dominate 8 1/3 innings and STILL almost blow it. Holy hell.
Finally a W.
That seemed a lot harder than it should have been.
Let’s goo! Broke the 3 game losing streak.
No I was not expecting a walk off 3 run bomb in the 9th. None of us were expecting that right? Not even a little bit.
1st win with Abreu, Pressly and Hader pitching is insane in mid April
Holy fuck what this team does to me. See y’all tomorrow
Fire Abreu into the actual sun man. Middle schoolers can make that scoop. I can’t take much more.
So … Abreu looked god awful again …
I was at the game tonight and didn’t expect much given the start to the season, but aside from the Jose Abreu horror show and the Hader stress, this one actually looked like a classic Astros win.
Somebody started a thread after we signed Hader this off-season where they wondered if it was the most exciting high-profile free agent signing in Astros history.
I think about that post a lot.
It’s pedantic, but how is that a hit for Lane Thomas and not an error on Abreu?
That’s how you pitch Hader!
Those last two batters, that’s how you fucking pitch.
Also Abreu, Christ man.
The thing about Hader is if he’s not getting the zone or causing a swing a miss it’ll be a shitshow. Any contact makes me nervous. Good work tonight though no thanks to Abreu lol
Win!!!!
Prototypical JV start. Had to give up that solo HR
I didn’t watch the game tonite, just listened to the radio call for the last 2 outs. So if it must be, I will carry this burden of only listening to the 9th on the radio if it means some wins.
Go Stros!
Glad we got the win, but I can’t shake the feeling that any other team would have capitalized in that 9th inning. Hader is got to be who he is paid to be or we are never going to turn this around.
Now that’s a starting pitcher
Fuck Loperfido’s K rate, can he make a pick?
I think this is the first game we actually won the way they drew it up this offseason. Starter goes 6, leaving you with the lead. Then comes the 3 headed hydra of Abreu Pressley Hader to close it out. Hader made it unnecessarily stressful at the end but he closed the door. I am super fucking encouraged overall
I wore my JV jersey today. Y’all are welcome
Hader always makes it harder than it needs to be.
But, a win is a win, and Atlanta did us a solid too, so we’re only 4 games back now.
“*Boys I woke up with my big dad dick inside of a supermodel again this morning so I’m already winning. How about we get a W on the field today boys?*” -JV pregame
Abreu should be off the roster
So why haven’t they called Loperfido up?
Verlander you’re awesome
Abreu….go to hell.
Just a reminder that the greatest signing in Astros pitching history was Justin Verlander, not Josh Hader.
Really good game and might just be the game we needed to bounce back. Notes to take away from this game: JV is still good, Abreu is still hurting the team and Hader gave me a heart attack.
Water will find its level.
Yikes. Oh well, we’re 1-0 in the JV era of this season. Let’s get Garcia and Urquidy back.
Dubon really should be an everyday player
Idk if we’ll get Cy Young verlander this year but if he can give us quality starts like this regularly it’ll be huge
4 games back baby
Career win 258 for JV.