Miami Marlins 3 – 5 Houston Astros
MLB · July 22, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)
Post-Game Recap
The Houston Astros took down the Miami Marlins tonight by a final of five to three, and this one was decided well before the seventh inning stretch.
Houston drew first blood immediately — Jeremy Peña put one four hundred and five feet into left center in the very first inning, and the Astros never trailed. They pushed it to two-nothing in the second when Spence doubled to right and Wade Jr. came home to score.
Miami showed some fight in the fifth, Kyle Stowers doubling to center to bring in Orlando Lopez and cut it to two-one. But that rally died fast. Isaac Paredes answered right back in the same inning — a three-run shot four hundred and eighty-eight feet to left, scoring Peña and Alvarez, and suddenly it was five to one. That was the turning point, the moment Miami's window slammed shut.
The Marlins made it interesting in the seventh when Mack went four hundred and thirty-five feet to right center, a two-run blast that brought the score to five to three, but Houston's bullpen held the door and that was all she wrote.
Paredes was the story tonight — two for four with three runs batted in and that decisive home run. Peña crossed the plate twice. For Miami, Stowers and Hernandez each went two for four, but the offense came up empty when it mattered most.
Houston controlled this game from the opening pitch and never let go. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.
AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.
Who Scored — Scoring Timeline
- Peña homered to left center (405 feet). P1 · 0–1
- Spence doubled to right, Wade Jr. scored, Walker to third. P2 · 0–2
- Stowers doubled to center, Lopez scored. P5 · 1–2
- Paredes homered to left (388 feet), Peña and Alvarez scored. P5 · 1–5
- Mack homered to right center (435 feet), Sanoja scored. P7 · 3–5
Complete Play-by-Play
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Top of the 1st inning
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Otto Lopez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Lopez grounded out to pitcher.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Kyle Stowers
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Stowers flied out to left.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Heriberto Hernandez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Hernández singled to left.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Xavier Edwards
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Hernández to second on a balk.
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Hernández to second on a balk.
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Edwards flied out to shortstop.
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Middle of the 1st inning
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Bottom of the 1st inning
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Jeremy Pena
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Peña homered to left center (405 feet).
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Yordan Alvarez
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Alvarez singled to right.
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Isaac Paredes
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Paredes flied out to shortstop.
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Jose Altuve
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Altuve grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Alvarez out at second.
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End of the 1st inning
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Top of the 2nd inning
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Liam Hicks
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Hicks struck out swinging.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Griffin Conine
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Conine grounded out to first.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Jakob Marsee
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Marsee struck out swinging.
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Middle of the 2nd inning
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Bottom of the 2nd inning
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Tyler Phillips pitches to LaMonte Wade Jr.
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball 3
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Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Ball 4
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Wade Jr. walked.
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Christian Walker
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Walker singled to left, Wade Jr. to second.
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Taylor Trammell
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Trammell lined out to right, Wade Jr. to third.
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Lucas Spence
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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Spence doubled to right, Wade Jr. scored, Walker to third.
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Christian Vazquez
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Vázquez struck out swinging.
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Jeremy Pena
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Peña struck out swinging.
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End of the 2nd inning
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Top of the 3rd inning
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Javier Sanoja
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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Sanoja lined out to right.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Joe Mack
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Mack struck out swinging.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Otto Lopez
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball 3
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Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Ball 4
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Lopez walked.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Kyle Stowers
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball 3
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Stowers singled to left, Lopez to third.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Heriberto Hernandez
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Hernández flied out to center.
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Middle of the 3rd inning
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Bottom of the 3rd inning
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Yordan Alvarez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Alvarez flied out to left.
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Isaac Paredes
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Paredes flied out to left.
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Jose Altuve
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Altuve flied out to right.
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End of the 3rd inning
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Top of the 4th inning
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Xavier Edwards
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Edwards struck out swinging.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Liam Hicks
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Hicks grounded out to second.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Griffin Conine
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Conine doubled to left.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Jakob Marsee
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Marsee grounded out to first.
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Middle of the 4th inning
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Bottom of the 4th inning
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Tyler Phillips pitches to LaMonte Wade Jr.
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Wade Jr. lined out to second.
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Christian Walker
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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Walker flied out to center.
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Taylor Trammell
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Trammell reached on infield single to first.
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Lucas Spence
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Trammell caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
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Trammell caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
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End of the 4th inning
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Top of the 5th inning
P5
Tatsuya Imai pitches to Javier Sanoja
P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Sanoja popped out to third.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Joe Mack
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Mack struck out swinging.
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P5
Tatsuya Imai pitches to Otto Lopez
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball 3
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Pitch 4 : Ball 4
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Lopez walked.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Kyle Stowers
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Stowers doubled to center, Lopez scored.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Heriberto Hernandez
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball 3
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Hernández struck out swinging.
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Middle of the 5th inning
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Bottom of the 5th inning
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Lucas Spence
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 7 : Ball In Play
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Spence grounded out to shortstop.
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Tyler Phillips pitches to Christian Vazquez
P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Vázquez safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Sanoja.
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Zuber relieved Phillips
P5
Tyler Zuber pitches to Jeremy Pena
P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Peña grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Vázquez out at second.
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Tyler Zuber pitches to Yordan Alvarez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball 3
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Alvarez struck out, Alvarez to first on wild pitch by Zuber, Peña to third on wild pitch by Zuber.
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Tyler Zuber pitches to Isaac Paredes
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Paredes homered to left (388 feet), Peña and Alvarez scored.
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Tyler Zuber pitches to Jose Altuve
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Altuve flied out to center.
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End of the 5th inning
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Top of the 6th inning
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Xavier Edwards
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Edwards struck out swinging.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Liam Hicks
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball 3
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 7 : Ball 4
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Hicks walked.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Griffin Conine
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking
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Conine struck out looking.
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Tatsuya Imai pitches to Jakob Marsee
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Marsee lined out to left.
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Middle of the 6th inning
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Bottom of the 6th inning
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Gusto relieved Zuber
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Ryan Gusto pitches to LaMonte Wade Jr.
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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Wade Jr. lined out to center.
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Ryan Gusto pitches to Christian Walker
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Walker fouled out to third.
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Ryan Gusto pitches to Taylor Trammell
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Trammell grounded out to second.
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End of the 6th inning
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Top of the 7th inning
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Smith in right field.
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Trammell in left field.
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Blubaugh relieved Imai
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AJ Blubaugh pitches to Javier Sanoja
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Sanoja reached on infield single to shortstop.
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AJ Blubaugh pitches to Joe Mack
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Mack homered to right center (435 feet), Sanoja scored.
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AJ Blubaugh pitches to Otto Lopez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Lopez struck out swinging.
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AJ Blubaugh pitches to Kyle Stowers
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Stowers struck out swinging.
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AJ Blubaugh pitches to Heriberto Hernandez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Hernández doubled to center.
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AJ Blubaugh pitches to Xavier Edwards
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Hernández to third on wild pitch by Blubaugh.
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Hernández to third on wild pitch by Blubaugh.
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball 2
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Edwards struck out swinging.
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Middle of the 7th inning
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Bottom of the 7th inning
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Ryan Gusto pitches to Lucas Spence
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Spence struck out swinging.
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Ryan Gusto pitches to Christian Vazquez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking
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Vázquez struck out looking.
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Ryan Gusto pitches to Jeremy Pena
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball 1
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Pitch 6 : Ball 2
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Pitch 7 : Ball 3
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Pitch 8 : Ball In Play
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Peña grounded out to shortstop.
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End of the 7th inning
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Top of the 8th inning
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Sousa relieved Blubaugh
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Bennett Sousa pitches to Liam Hicks
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Hicks flied out to shortstop.
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Jiménez hit for Conine
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Bennett Sousa pitches to Leo Jimenez
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Jiménez lined out to right.
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Ruiz hit for Marsee
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Bennett Sousa pitches to Esteury Ruiz
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Ruiz struck out swinging.
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Middle of the 8th inning
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Bottom of the 8th inning
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Jiménez at third base.
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Ruiz in center field.
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Sanoja in right field.
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Brzykcy relieved Gusto
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Zach Brzykcy pitches to Yordan Alvarez
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Alvarez singled to right.
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Zach Brzykcy pitches to Isaac Paredes
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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Paredes singled to center, Alvarez to second.
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Zach Brzykcy pitches to Jose Altuve
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Altuve grounded into triple play, third to second to first, Paredes out at second, Alvarez out at third.
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End of the 8th inning
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Top of the 9th inning
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Allen at second base.
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Hader relieved Sousa
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Josh Hader pitches to Javier Sanoja
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Sanoja hit a ground rule double.
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Josh Hader pitches to Joe Mack
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking
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Mack struck out looking.
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Josh Hader pitches to Otto Lopez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Lopez grounded out to shortstop, Sanoja to third.
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Josh Hader pitches to Kyle Stowers
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Stowers popped out to third.
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