San Diego Padres at Houston Astros

· Major League Baseball

San Diego Padres

15-5, 3-4 Away

Final
4 - 6

Houston Astros

9-10, 5-5 Home

Rookie Smith homers twice with 4 RBIs to power Astros to 6-4 win over Padres

Luis Arraez smashes a home run for the Padres

Smith connected off Kyle Hart (2-1) on a three-run homer in the second inning to put the Astros on top and added a solo shot off the lefty in the fourth that made it 5-2.

San Diego's Luis Arraez, who had three hits, sent a high fastball from Bryan King into the first row in right field for a two-run homer that cut the lead to 5-4 in the seventh.

Jake Meyers tied a season high with three hits for the Astros, capped by a run-scoring single in the eighth to give them some insurance.

Houston starter Ryan Gusto (2-1) gave up nine hits and two runs in five innings. Josh Hader pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save.

The Padres went 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position.

The Astros trailed by 1 with two on and two outs in the second inning when Smith sent his first home run into the seats in left field to make it 3-1.

An RBI single by Yainer Diaz extended the lead to 4-1 in the third.

Oscar Gonzalez cut the lead to 4-2 with an RBI single on a ground ball with one out in the fourth.

Smith’s second home run came on a full count in the fourth inning to extend the lead to 5-2.

Hart yielded 10 hits and five runs in five innings for his first loss this season after the team won each of his first three starts.

Key Moment Smith's first home run that put the Astros on top for good.

Key Stat Smith was 1 for 10 in Houston’s three-game series against St. Louis this week before breaking out Friday night.

Up Next Houston RHP Hayden Wesneski (1-1, 4.00 ERA) opposes RHP Michael King (3-0, 2.42) when the series continues Saturday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Arraez grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Tatis Jr. popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Joe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Abreu
	9th Inning	McCormick in right field.
	8th Inning	Smith popped out to shortstop.

Statistics

SD		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	4
4	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
18	Fly Balls	20
1	Caught Stealing	0
123	Pitches	119
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	20
38	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
5.0	Runs Created	6.7
.324	Batting Average	.343
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.459	Slugging Percentage	.571
.135	Secondary Average	.286
.342	On Base Percentage	.361
.802	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.933
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
5.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.5
35.0	Batter Rating	47.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.24	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.31
.135	Isolated Power	.229
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.026	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.028
-.189	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.057
8.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
88.0	MLB Rating	96.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0