Waiting to Blast Off: The Houston Astros

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Back-to-Back 10th Inning HRs Power Stros to Victory

All about that action, Boss

Arlington, TX - Well, a 6-run 4th inning is one way to climb out of a 5-run hole created by one Patrick Corbin.

A Mike Olt double, a handful of BBs, and some clutch singles from Carlos Gomez and Gerardo Parra were enough to chase Yu Darvish in the 4th after an unspectacular outing. Darvish either carves up Houston or gets pummeled...no middle ground whatsoever.

After an Aaron Hill solo HR to tie it, both teams fell quiet for 4 scoreless innings.

In the top of the 10th with 1 out, Olt and David Murphy went back-to-back off of nominal Texas SP Colby Lewis. Steve Cishek then came on and fired 10 straight strikes to smite the rival Rangers.

The Stros are now 1.0 game back of this very same Rangers squad and may be building some momentum after beating Waino and Darvish in consecutive games.

It Was Over When: Cishek didn't let Adrian Beltre get away with any shenanigans in the 10th.

Play of the Game: The back-to-back jacks. Boss.

Houston Astros at Texas Rangers
Jun 20, 2015	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Houston (42-32)	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	10	2
Texas (43-31)	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	0
W: D. Robertson (3-1) L: C. Lewis (3-1) S: S. Cishek (23)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			HOU	TEX
TEX	1	Aaron Hill singles to center, Adrian Beltre scores.	0	1
TEX	1	Jason Kubel singles to center, Nelson Cruz scores.	0	2
TEX	3	Nelson Cruz doubles to left-center, Adrian Beltre scores.	0	3
TEX	3	Aaron Hill homers to right-center, Nelson Cruz scores.	0	5
HOU	4	Mike Olt doubles down the RF line, Jose Altuve scores.	1	5
HOU	4	Chris Herrmann walks with the bases loaded, Mike Olt scores.	2	5
HOU	4	Carlos Gomez singles down the RF line, Jonathan Singleton and Paul Goldschmidt score.	4	5
HOU	4	Gerardo Parra singles to right, Chris Herrmann and Carlos Gomez score.	6	5
TEX	5	Aaron Hill hits a solo HR to center.	6	6
HOU	10	David Murphy hits a 390-foot solo HR to left-center.	7	6
HOU	10	Mike Olt pulls a 346-foot solo HR down the LF line.	8	6

Houston Astros
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
G. Parra RF	4	0	2	2	1	0	.235
J. Altuve 2B	4	1	1	0	1	1	.179
D. Murphy LF	5	1	1	1	0	1	.361
M. Olt 3B	5	2	2	2	0	2	.247
J. Singleton DH	4	1	1	0	0	2	.219
P. Goldschmidt 1B	4	1	1	0	1	1	.266
C. Herrmann C	3	1	0	1	1	1	.227
C. Gomez CF	4	1	2	2	0	0	.194
D. Gregorius SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	.098
TOTALS	36	8	10	8	5	8	--
BATTING 2B: M. Olt (17), J. Singleton (21) HR: M. Olt (19), D. Murphy (13) RBI: M. Olt 2 (55), G. Parra 2 (20), C. Gomez 2 (26), D. Murphy (38), C. Herrmann (34) HBP: J. Singleton (4) GIDP: C. Herrmann (3)
BASERUNNING SB: J. Altuve (12), C. Gomez 2 (24) CS: G. Parra 3 (12)
FIELDING E: J. Altuve (12, throw), D. Gregorius (4, throw)

Houston Astros
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
P. Corbin	3.0	5	5	5	2	0	4.61
D. Mitchell	3.1+	4	1	1	1	4	1.59
A. Miller	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1.10
D. Robertson (W)	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	4.13
S. Cishek (SV)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.27
TOTALS	10.0	13	6	6	3	7	--
PITCHING Pitches-Strikes: P. Corbin 39-25, D. Mitchell 45-34, A. Miller 10-9, D. Robertson 12-9, S. Cishek 10-10

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
E. Andrus SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	.302
A. Rios CF	5	0	0	0	0	2	.256
A. Beltre 3B	4	2	3	0	1	0	.306
pr J. Pierre	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238
L. Sardinas 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256
N. Cruz LF	3	2	1	1	2	1	.239
A. Hill 2B	5	2	3	4	0	0	.288
J. Kubel DH	5	0	1	1	0	1	.239
C. Gentry RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	.267
M. Moreland 1B	5	0	3	0	0	0	.246
T. Dent C	5	0	1	0	0	2	.200
TOTALS	42	6	13	6	3	7	--
BATTING 2B: M. Moreland (15), A. Beltre (7), N. Cruz (20) HR: A. Hill 2 (12) RBI: A. Hill 4 (40), N. Cruz (46), J. Kubel (32)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Y. Darvish	4.0	4	6	6	5	5	3.47
C. Lewis (L)	6.0	6	2	2	0	3	2.13
TOTALS	10.0	10	8	8	5	8	--
PITCHING Pitches-Strikes: Y. Darvish 76-41, C. Lewis 59-49 HBP: Y. Darvish 1