Houston Astros at Miami Marlins

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Houston Astros

63-50, 28-26 Away

Final
8 - 2

Miami Marlins

55-56, 27-30 Home

Alexander, Peña help Astros beat Marlins 8-2 and snap Miami's five-game winning streak

Alexander picked up his second win of the season after holding Miami to three hits. He struck out six and walked one.

The Astros built a 5-0 lead during a disastrous fourth by Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara (6-10), who was perfect his first time through the Houston order before giving up six hits in the inning.

Peña led off the fourth with a double. Jesús Sánchez then drove in Peña with a double in his first game against his former team, which dealt him to Houston at the trade deadline. Yainer Diaz added a two-run double, Carlos Correa had an RBI single and Christian Walker drove in another run on a fielder's choice.

Alcantara allowed nine hits and six runs. He struck out five over seven innings and threw 100 pitches.

Peña made it 6-0 with an RBI double in the seventh.

Astros reliever Bryan King allowed back-to-back pinch-hit home runs to Javier Sanoja and Derek Hill that made it 6-2 in the seventh. Sanoja connected on a 91 mph fastball and sent it 402 feet to left center. Hill drove a 1-2 sweeper to left.

Pinch-hitter Mauricio Dubón restored Houston's five-run lead with an RBI double in the eighth, and Cam Smith added an RBI single.

Key moment After loading the bases on consecutive two-out base hits and a walk, Alexander (2-1) got Otto Lopez to ground out to keep Miami scoreless in the sixth.

Key stat The Marlins had a five-game winning streak snapped.

Up next Marlins RHP Cal Quantrill (4-8, 4.79) will start the middle game of the series. Houston has not yet announced Tuesday's starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Wagaman struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Myers struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hill grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Neris relieved Abreu
	9th Inning	Dubón in left field.
	9th Inning	McCormick in center field.

Statistics

HOU		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	10
8	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
132	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	3
1	Pinch Hits	2
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	15
40	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	4
5.5	Runs Created	3.9
.289	Batting Average	.206
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.667
.421	Slugging Percentage	.441
.184	Secondary Average	.294
.325	On Base Percentage	.250
.746	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.691
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
5.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.9
54.0	Batter Rating	25.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.30	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.33
.132	Isolated Power	.235
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.025	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
-.105	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.088
16.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
94.3	MLB Rating	76.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0