Houston Astros at Arizona Diamondbacks

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

59-42, 26-23 Away

Final
3 - 1

Arizona Diamondbacks

50-52, 26-27 Home

Valdez stretches winning streak to 10, Astros rally to beat Diamondbacks 3-1

Astros hold off Diamondbacks for 3rd straight win

Valdez (11-4) allowed a run and seven hits to match Detroit's Tarik Skubal for the majors' longest win streak this season.

Matthews hit his first two big league homers in Houston's 6-3 win Monday night and launched a two-run shot off Jake Woodford (0-1) in the eighth. Jose Altuve scored on a wild pitch to put Houston up 3-1 in the ninth.

Diamondbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez held the Astros in check before that, tossing 6 1/3 scoreless innings.

Arizona loaded the bases in the ninth, but Bryan King struck out Blaze Alexander and induced Jose Herrera into a game-ending double play for his first save.

Valdez was sharp before running into trouble in the sixth.

Randal Grichuk led off with a double, Geraldo Perdomo dropped a bunt single and Blaze Alexander followed with a run-scoring groundout. Valdez also worked out of a jam after giving up two leadoff singles in the eighth.

Rodriguez worked through traffic most of the night, getting some help from his defense.

Corbin Carroll made a sliding catch in center to rob Matthews of a hit in the second inning. Matthews lost another hit in the fourth when Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte flipped a slow roller with his glove on a play initially ruled a hit before being overturned.

Key moment Houston third baseman Mauricio Dubón threw out pinch runner Alek Thomas at the plate in the eighth with the Diamondbacks leading 1-0.

Key stat Valdez has not lost since May 2 against the Chicago White Sox.

Up next Arizona RHP Brandon Pfaadt (10-6, 4.82) will pitch the series finale on Wednesday. The Astros have yet to name a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Herrera grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Perdomo out at second.
	9th Inning	Alexander struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Perdomo singled to center, McCarthy to second, Naylor to third.
	9th Inning	McCarthy ran for McCann
	9th Inning	McCann reached on infield single to second, Naylor to second.
	9th Inning	McCann hit for Thomas

Statistics

HOU		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	19
6	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
10	Hits	10
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
15	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	117
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	13
42	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
5.4	Runs Created	3.4
.278	Batting Average	.294
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.361	Slugging Percentage	.382
.250	Secondary Average	.118
.381	On Base Percentage	.314
.742	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.697
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.9
5.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
24.0	Batter Rating	20.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.45	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.25
.083	Isolated Power	.088
0.83	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.119	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.028
-.028	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.176
5.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
80.8	MLB Rating	77.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0