It is a gorgeous Tuesday evening as we welcome you to the Bay area downtown San Francisco, the site of tonight's game at Oracle Park between the Astros and the San francisco Giants on the hill tonight for the Giants who will be the right handed veteran Jordan Hicks as a starter this year, 13 starts for two with a 282. a, he's been very, very good and the lead off batter is Jose Altuve. A bunt chapman charges throws, got him nice play and welcome back, Matt chapman. Brigman hitting 236 drives this one to center field and Ramos with a couple of steps out on the track, puts it away. Alvarez with tons of power. Ramos racing back. He makes the catch up against the wall. Elliott Ramos breaking out the glove work here. He is outstretched, very nice play 2.78. Er, a in 11 starts. We now doing a good job through 64 and two thirds innings. Talked about that 1, 81 batting average against in those innings. He's only allowed 41 hits a tapper right side. Jose Altuve will make the play to retire. Brett wisely to start this game. So one down and here is Ramos. Ramos hitting 318 in a base hit for Ramos. That was a slider and he hooked it right through the hole between third and short it to center field sending jake myers back. Jake looks like he has it lined up and does in front of the warning track for out. Number two, fly ball, locked it down the line and left long run for Jeremy Pena. Alex Bregman. Pena calls off alex and makes a nice catch in foul territory. Jeremy Pena long way to go puts it away for the final out of the inning. Scoreless after one for a strikeout for Jordan Hicks. Fastball looks just like that heater out of his hand. John Singleton has himself a base hit here. He the Astros first base runner tonight. That's the second strikeout for Hicks. Both of them have been on the splitter to away Singleton still at first for Trey Cabbage right off the end of the bat and wisely will take it himself and Blanco picks up his first strikeout two away. So Flores still at first for mike Jassy left handed hitting right fielder batting 216. This ball hit high in the air. Trey Cabbage comes in from where the sun might have affected him and he catches that one in the shade for the final out of the inning. So a walk doesn't hurt Blanco in this inning. The third scoreless Michael Kind of gave up on it. It looked like that ball is a fair ball and an automatic double as it bounced over the wall. He gave up on it. Did you see what Dupont did on it? He stood there watching it thinking it was going foul grounds out. It is a productive to third with one away. So Jose Altuve will bat with the infield in Altuve having a nice road trip. He is nine for 20 has driven in four runs in four games. Altuve reaches out and sends one to the middle of the diamond. That's going to be an RB. I, I'm not sure how he hit that. How does he do it? Jose Altuve hits pitches that nobody else can hit even when they're well off the plate. The Astros take the early lead one on the ground and Estrada chase one just off the outside corner, second strikeout for Blanco and there's one away Wiseley who is grounded out all for one tonight and he hammers this one to right down the line out of here and this game is tied Wiseley with his second of the year. Keep it going. Brett Wiseley, he's a great story and man, he looks like a different animal this year. He had all the confidence in the world. I mean he turns on that little cutter middle in right below the belt that's quick bat hit and Trey Cabbage has the Astros third hit of the ball game Cabbage aboard to lead off the inning for mauricio Dub-n who doubled on the first pitch he saw in the third inning and came in to score this one into center field sending back still going back looking up that's off the wall. Trey Cabbage is going to head to third. Dub-n is going to head to second and he will get there sliding with a double back to back doubles tonight from MauricioDub-n. Dub-n. This didn't miss going out by much. That's something going here at the bottom part of the. Now, victor Caratini with the infield in got him. That's how you use an open base. Four strikeouts for hicks all swinging miss straight threes. So now brad Price is gonna come out. They're going to talk about how Bob Belvin wants to go after altuve. They've got an open base again. You got an aggressive hitter up there. Good, a good Baba hitter though 95 mile an hour safe and he went below the strike zone and got him. I mean, you turn back a three time bat chap. In this situation, you do it with a strikeout. You got something good not out of the woods yet. No, it's going to be up to alex or it's going to be a big let down for the Astros. A little chopper to short alex will try to beat it out barehanded by Chapman wide throws. Could have scored two runs in the score is Dub-n behind Cabbage, a bare hand play by Chapman. His throw was wide and the Astros get two runs to lead it 3 to 1. Now, if he pulls this off , it's one of the best defensive plays of the year goes far to his left knows he has no time for an exchange. And if he throws an accurate throw, he gets it by a bunch. Got a little deep in his hand, didn't quite get it on the fingertips and that caused the air throws. Now seven in a row sent down by Blanco since the home run by Brett Wiseley Estrada goes after the 2 to 0 pitch grounds one to third on two. Hobson Bregman makes the play another 123 inning for Rennell Blanco. He has retired eight straight and the Astros lead 3 to 1 after five. That's number seven for Reel. He continues to roll along. That's 10 in a row sent down by the Astros right hander the second out of the inning, a stand up double eighth double of the year for Patrick Bailey. And now it's Matt Chapman zero for two today. A foul out and a ground out Chapman eight home runs on the year Astros fans certainly know how dangerous chapman can be foul tip caught by Carini another great outing for Renal Blanco six innings of one run. Baseball, eight strikeouts for Reel Bla works around Bailey's two out double. So here's the match up, maybe the tallest pitching to maybe the shortest 611. I mean, he's every inch of that and Jose Altuve 56 ground ball back to Jelly who uses maybe not all of his 6, 10.5, but a lot of it to reach up and snag that one very strong inning again from Jelly who just continues to pitch well, draws a two hour walk. That's well done. Get the run at the batter's box is zero for two. This ball popped high in the air left field. Mauricio Dub-n will put it away for the final out of the inning. A walk with two outs does not hurt Taylor scott. We are through seventh and here we go, Josh Hader down tonight. So it's Ryan Presley's game closer in past years for the Houston Astros getting the opportunity. Clint Shaven has one save into center jake Myers there puts it away about waist high for the first out. Bailey lines out to center one away in the ninth. Got a big strikeout for Ryan Presley getting the second out of the inning. That's two away in the ninth, big curveball down and away from ryan gets a swing over the top from Chapman. Last hope for the Giants is Michael Conforto. Got him ball game over ryan Presley comes in for a 123 bottom of the ninth Astros win it 3 to 1. They're now 3 to 2 on this road trip.
