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Nicky Lopez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .282
OBP .250 .352
At Bats 4 344
Hits 1 97
• Singles 1 78
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 36
RBI’s 0 32

Phil Maton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 0
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Minute Maid Park - August 23, 2021
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Phil Maton
Martin Maldonado
Yulieski Gurriel
Jose Altuve
Aledmys Diaz
Carlos Correa
Taylor Jones
Jake Meyers
Michael Brantley
Nicky Lopez
 
 
Whit Merrifield
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gurriel scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lopez for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Merrifield hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Meyers who is chasing the ball. Merrifield reaches third base with a triple. Taylor scores. Rivera goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Rivera hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Alberto scores. Taylor moves to second.
Top 8 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Hanser Alberto pinch hits for Ryan O'Hearn. Phil Maton now pitching. Alberto hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Santana trying to get to home. Jones throws the ball in to Maldonado who tags Santana, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Alberto moves to second.
Top 8 Dozier hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gurriel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Santana moves to second.
Top 8 Santana hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Alvarez strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gurriel hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Altuve moves to second.
Bottom 7 Richard Lovelady now pitching. Brantley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Altuve takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Maldonado hits a fly ball into right field. Dozier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Blake Taylor now pitching. Benintendi hits a line drive into center field. Meyers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garcia fields the ball and throws to get the runner, and throws the ball away. Maldonado picks up the ball and throws it to Altuve who tags the runner out. Rivera scores. Merrifield moves to third. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Lopez strikes out.
Top 7 Merrifield hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Merrifield reaches second base with a double. Taylor scores. Rivera moves to third.
Top 7 Rivera hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Taylor moves to second.
Top 7 Yimi Garcia now pitching. Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rivera fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Domingo Tapia now pitching. Meyers strikes out.
Bottom 6 Diaz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Correa moves to second.
Bottom 6 Correa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rivera fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Rivera.
Top 6 O'Hearn strikes out.
Top 6 Dozier hits a fly ball into center field. Meyers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Santana hits a ball on the ground towards short. Correa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Alvarez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gurriel takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Brantley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Altuve hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Benintendi. Altuve reaches second base with a double. Maldonado moves to third.
Bottom 5 Maldonado takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Jones strikes out.
Top 5 Benintendi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Correa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Diaz fields it and throws to first for the out. Merrifield moves to second.
Top 5 Merrifield hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gurriel scoops it up and throws to first, with Greinke covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Meyers strikes out.
Bottom 4 Diaz hits a fly ball towards center. Taylor catches it and throws to first to double up Correa.
Bottom 4 Correa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Brantley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 O'Hearn hits a fly ball into right field. Brantley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Correa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Alvarez hits a line drive into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gurriel hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Benintendi. Gurriel reaches second base with a double. Jones scores. Brantley moves to third.
Bottom 3 Brantley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield fields it and throws to second for the out. Jones moves to third.
Bottom 3 Altuve strikes out.
Bottom 3 Maldonado takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Santana hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gurriel scoops it up and throws to first, with Greinke covering, for the out.
Top 3 Benintendi hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Perez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Diaz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Meyers hits a line drive into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Diaz strikes out.
Bottom 2 Correa strikes out.
Top 2 Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Correa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rivera hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. O'Hearn scores.
Top 2 Taylor strikes out.
Top 2 O'Hearn hits a popup off the glove of Diaz, and into shallow left field. O'Hearn reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gurriel scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dozier for the out.
Bottom 1 Alvarez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Santana scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alvarez for the out.
Bottom 1 Gurriel hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Brantley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Altuve hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Santana hits a ball on the ground towards short. Correa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Benintendi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Altuve fields it and throws to second for the out. Lopez moves to third.
Top 1 Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second.
Top 1 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Correa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.