Line Score – Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
COL 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 1 10
HOU 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 9 2 6

Box Score

HOU AB R H RBI BB SO BA
SS Peña 4 0 1 0 0 1 .306
3B Correa 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278
DH Altuve 4 1 1 1 0 1 .273
1B Walker, C 4 2 2 2 0 0 .238
2B Urías, R 3 0 1 0 0 2 .253
PH Alvarez, Y 0 0 0 0 1 0 .212
CF Melton 0 0 0 0 0 0 .156
RF Smith 4 0 0 0 0 1 .240
2B Dubón 4 1 1 0 0 1 .253
LF McCormick 3 0 1 0 0 1 .210
C Salazar 2 0 2 1 1 0 .273
HOU IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Alexander, J 5.2 7 3 3 1 8 87-56 4.61
De Los Santos, E 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2-1 4.09
Okert 0.1 0 0 0 2 0 17-8 2.87
Ort 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 14-9 4.50
King, B 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 13-7 2.91
Abreu, B 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 11-10 1.47
COL AB R H RBI BB SO BA
2B Freeman, T 3 0 1 0 1 2 .288
RF Moniak 5 0 1 1 0 2 .258
3B Karros, K 5 0 1 0 0 2 .276
LF Beck 4 0 1 0 0 2 .269
CF Doyle, B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .242
SS Tovar 4 1 1 1 0 2 .261
1B Bernabel 3 0 0 0 1 0 .257
C Fulford 3 1 1 0 1 0 .218
DH Fernández, Y 2 1 2 1 0 0 .250
DH Farmer, K 0 0 0 0 1 0 .226
DH Goodman 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271
COL IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Freeland, K 6.0 8 3 3 0 6 90-66 5.28
Mejia, J 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 16-10 3.86
Peralta, L 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 13-7 7.07

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
B1 Jose Altuve homers (23) on a line drive to left center field. 1-0
B1 Christian Walker homers (20) on a fly ball to right field. 2-0
B2 César Salazar singles on a soft bunt ground ball to pitcher Kyle Freeland. Mauricio Dubón scores. Chas McCormick to 3rd. César Salazar to 2nd. Throwing error by pitcher Kyle Freeland. 3-0
T3 Mickey Moniak grounds into a force out, second baseman Ramón Urías to shortstop Jeremy Peña. Braxton Fulford scores. Yanquiel Fernández to 3rd. Tyler Freeman out at 2nd. Mickey Moniak to 1st. 3-1
T4 Ezequiel Tovar homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. 3-2
T5 Yanquiel Fernández homers (2) on a line drive to right center field. 3-3
B8 Christian Walker homers (21) on a fly ball to left center field. 4-3

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Rockies at Astros – August 28, 2025 0:06
Kyle Freeland against the Astros 0:08
Bullpen availability for Colorado, August 28 vs Astros 0:08
Bullpen availability for Houston, August 28 vs Rockies 0:08
Bench availability for Colorado, August 28 vs Astros 0:08
Fielding alignment for Colorado, August 28 vs Astros 0:11
Fielding alignment for Houston, August 28 vs Rockies 0:11
Bench availability for Houston, August 28 vs Rockies 0:08
Starting lineups for Rockies at Astros – August 28, 2025 0:10
A deep dive into Jose Altuve's home run 0:11
Jose Altuve: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13
The distance behind Christian Walker's home run 0:13
Visualizing Christian Walker's swing using bat tracking technology 0:11
The distance behind Ezequiel Tovar's home run 0:13
Yanquiel Fernández: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13
A deep dive into Yanquiel Fernández's home run 0:11
Ezequiel Tovar's home run through bat tracking data 0:11
Breaking down Jason Alexander's pitches 0:04
Jason Alexander's outing against the Rockies 0:22
Breaking down Kyle Freeland's pitches 0:04
Kyle Freeland's outing against the Astros 0:24
Measuring the stats on Christian Walker's home run 0:13
Analyzing Christian Walker's home run through bat tracking 0:11
Jose Altuve's solo home run (23) 0:30
Christian Walker's solo home run (20) 0:30
César Salazar's RBI bunt 0:30
Mickey Moniak's RBI forceout 0:17
Altuve and Walker hit back-to-back home runs 1:00
Ezequiel Tovar's solo home run (8) 0:30
Yanquiel Fernández's solo home run (2) 0:30
Cam Smith throws out Tyler Freeman at the plate 0:30
Jason Alexander strikes out Brenton Doyle 0:06
Jason Alexander strikes out eight 2:07
César Salazar nabs Kyle Farmer at third base 0:30
Kaleb Ort strikes out Brenton Doyle to escape the jam 0:13
Christian Walker's go-ahead home run (21) 0:42
Jordan Beck called out on strikes. 0:07

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
King, B (4-3, 2.91 ERA) Peralta, L (1-2, 7.07 ERA) Abreu, B (4 SV, 1.47 ERA)

Game ended at 3:34 PM.

31 comments

  4. C-Walk power going both ways combined with another solid start from Alexander, a stingy bullpen and Abreu shutting down the 9th gets another win.

    And everyone’s still afraid of Yordan after showing he’s got his power back.

  11. Whether by 1 or 100, a win is a win, and a series win at that

    Back up to a 2 game lead with the Angels coming to town, who we tend to do well against.

    Also, huge props to Cesar and Christian. Salazar for playing well after such a short notice call, and Christian for being what I hoped he would after an awful start. If he can play his level of defense and finish with 25-30 HR’s, I call that a good year

  12. All I can ask is that Kansas City and Milwaukee perform some morale crushing sweeps this weekend 

  15. We allowed Rockies starting pitching to get 3 quality starts this series, but at least we came out of it with a series W. So, it’s just a little embarrassing.

  16. I know we’re really doom and gloom lately, but we’re only 4 games back of the best record in the AL! I think we can limp our way into September and start to trend up. 

  21. Whew!! 2 up on the mariners..keep the wins going for the rest of the season please!

    ![gif](giphy|xThtaeLH0yvYY5lXCU)

  22. I know it was short lived but Salazar had a pretty good 2024. He’s a solid player. C-Walk with the clutch hitting and we’re trending upwards, though it may not seem like it but relievers did their job.

  24. Some people will feel that this series was a failure because it wasn’t a dominant sweep of the Rockies. We still took the series and increased our lead to 2 games over the Mariners.

    Walker coming through with the homers. Yordan putting pure fear in pitchers that they just won’t pitch to him. Salazar with some nice plays at the plate today. The bullpen locking it down. Alexander with another solid start. A nice team win as we turn our attention the Angels.

    28 games left. We still control our destiny.

  27. Ugly wins are still a win. I’d just love to see this team not just slap it in cruise control and hope for the best every time we miss out on a high scoring opportunity innings. After the 2nd it felt like all the energy was sucked out of the lineup and they were just going through the motions. They’re better than this and they need to tell themselves that.

  30. Good to take the series but Astros have to reclaim their home and get stronger here. They let Cleveland, Texas, A’s and Orioles dick them around at home and it could have gone wayward today too. They have to defend the home field but in a stronger manner.

    Going to have 7 crucial games here against the Angels and Yanks. Anything worse than 4-3 will be a disappointment.

  31. Just watched the highlights, looked like both of their homers to right field were barely over the wall and Cam was nowhere near in a position to make an attempt at either one. Was he just positioned wrong or what?

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