San Francisco Giants at Houston Astros

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San Francisco Giants

3-1, 3-1 Away

Final
7 - 2

Houston Astros

2-2, 2-2 Home

Flores homers and drives in 4 to lead Giants over Astros 7-2

Wilmer Flores lofts 3-run HR into the Crawford Boxes

Giants starter Jordan Hicks (1-0), who grew up in suburban Houston, allowed only a first-inning single and struck out six in six innings.

There were two on with two outs in the sixth when Flores sent a slider from Luis Contreras into the left-field seats to make it 5-0. The homer came after Flores hit an RBI single in the second to give San Francisco an early lead.

The Astros had managed just one hit and had a runner on second when Jose Altuve singled off Spencer Bivens with two outs in the eighth. Isaac Paredes then smacked a double off the wall in left field to score two runs and cut it to 5-2. Erik Miller took over and struck out Yordan Alvarez to end the inning.

Ronel Blanco (0-1), who threw a no-hitter in his season debut last year, allowed three hits and three runs with three walks in five-plus innings.

LaMonte Wade Jr. had a sacrifice fly in the fifth that made it 2-0.

Christian Walker singled with two outs in the first before Hicks retired the next 14 batters, fanning five straight. Altuve walked with one out in the sixth, but Hicks set down the next two batters to end the inning and his night.

Matt Chapman drove in two runs with a single in the ninth that made it 7-2.

Key moment The home run by Flores that padded the lead in the sixth.

Key stat San Francisco’s Bob Melvin managed his 200th career game against the Astros, improving to 99-101 with the victory.

Up next RHP Hayden Wesneski makes his Houston debut against RHP Logan Webb when the series continues Tuesday night. Wesneski joined the Astros this offseason from the Chicago Cubs as part of the trade for outfielder Kyle Tucker.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Smith struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Peña to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Peña walked.
	9th Inning	Diaz grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Walker struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Walker relieved Miller

Statistics

SF		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
10	Strikeouts	10
7	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	3
3	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	125
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	4
41	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
5.9	Runs Created	0.3
.257	Batting Average	.100
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.400	Slugging Percentage	.133
.371	Secondary Average	.133
.341	On Base Percentage	.206
.741	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.339
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
5.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.3
47.0	Batter Rating	13.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.143	Isolated Power	.033
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.122	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
.114	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.033
14.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
89.3	MLB Rating	61.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0