Houston Astros at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Houston Astros

58-42, 25-23 Away

Final
6 - 3

Arizona Diamondbacks

50-51, 26-26 Home

Brice Matthews hits first 2 big-league homers, leads Astros past the D-backs 6-3

Eugenio Suarez launches his 36th HR of the season

Matthews went deep in the second inning with a three-run shot, turning a 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 lead. His two-run homer in the seventh pushed the Astros ahead 6-3.

The 23-year-old second baseman is one of the Astros' top prospects and a first-round pick in 2023.

The Diamondbacks had their four-game winning streak snapped. Eugenio Suarez hit his NL-leading 36th homer.

Arizona's Zac Gallen (7-11) gave up six runs over six innings. He's given up 23 homers this year, which is already the most in a season in his career.

Houston lefty Colton Gordon (4-2) gave up three runs — two earned — over 5 2/3 innings. Josh Hader worked the ninth for his 26th save in 27 chances.

The D-backs had the tying run at the plate with two outs, but Josh Naylor flied out to right to end the game.

Walker had two hits while playing against the D-backs for the first time since he left the team for Houston in free agency during the offseason. He hit 146 homers over eight seasons in Arizona, helping the franchise reach the World Series in 2023.

D-backs star Ketel Marte returned to the lineup for the first time since his house was burglarized over the All-Star break. The D-backs left 11 runners on base.

Key moment The D-backs loaded the bases with two outs in the sixth, but reliever Bennett Sousa retired Marte on a fly ball to left to end the threat.

Key stat Gallen reached 1,000 career strikeouts in the fourth inning. He's the second pitcher who debuted in 2019 to hit the mark, joining Dylan Cease.

Up next The Astros send LHP Framber Valdez (10-4, 2.75 ERA) to the mound against Diamondbacks LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (3-6, 5.94) on Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Naylor flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Suárez walked, Gurriel Jr. to second.
	9th Inning	Gurriel Jr. walked.
	9th Inning	Carroll lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Marte popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Okert

Statistics

HOU		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
10	Strikeouts	5
6	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
36	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	144
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	1
18	Total Bases	13
37	Plate Appearances	41
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
5.2	Runs Created	5.4
.278	Batting Average	.242
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.394
.278	Secondary Average	.394
.297	On Base Percentage	.366
.797	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.760
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
5.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.4
45.0	Batter Rating	28.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.73	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.51
.222	Isolated Power	.152
0.10	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.40
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.171
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.152
12.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
90.5	MLB Rating	80.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0