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Austin Slater shines as the San Francisco Giants beat the Houston Astros 5-3

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Austin Slater had three hits and drove in two runs to help the San Francisco Giants beat the Houston Astros 5-3 on Wednesday.

Slater also stole a base and scored for San Francisco, which took the rubber game of the three-game series in a speedy two hours and seven minutes.

“Anytime you can take a series and contribute in that, it feels good,” Slater said. “Everyone throughout the lineup contributed today and it was a good team win.”

Yordan Alvarez homered for Houston, which has lost three of four overall.

The Giants jumped on Framber Valdez for five runs and eight hits in four innings. Valdez (5-4) threw 59 pitches in his shortest outing of the season, finishing with just one strikeout, his fewest in a game since July 26 when he had one against Texas.

“I felt a little uncomfortable there,” Valdez said through a translator. “The pitches weren’t doing what I wanted them to do, including the breaking stuff. So I was a little out of control there.”

San Francisco right-hander Logan Webb (6-5) permitted three runs and seven hits in six innings.

“I thought early on I was really good, and then later on I started to kind of get behind guys and I think that’s when some of the stuff happened,” Webb said. “But overall, I felt pretty good.”

Ryan Walker, Tyler Rogers and Camilo Doval combined for three scoreless innings in relief. Doval struck out former Giants utility player Mauricio Dubón to end the game, earning his 12th save in 14 chances.

Wilmer Flores gave San Francisco an early lead with a sacrifice fly in the third. Matt Chapman followed with an RBI double.

Jeremy Peña drove in Houston’s first run on an infield single in the fourth.

Slater answered with a two-run single in the bottom of the inning, and Heliot Ramos added a sacrifice fly to make it 5-1.

"It’s huge, especially against a starter like that," Giants manager Bob Melvin said of the early offense. “And then we have Webby on the mound. So you really feel good about winning the game.”

Alvarez hit a two-run homer to center in the sixth, his 14th of the year.

“Webb is not an easy guy to go against, but I thought our at-bats were pretty good,” Astros manager Joe Espada said. “I thought we were in the game and we gave ourselves some chances.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Astros: OF Kyle Tucker (right shin contusion) has not begun baseball activities and is not expected to return Friday when he is eligible to come off the injured list. However, Espada did not rule him out for the weekend. ... C Yainer Díaz missed his third straight game with a sore right index finger, though Espada said he was available off the bench and should be ready to start Friday.

Giants: LHP Blake Snell (left groin strain) threw off a mound for the first time since going on the IL on June 3. ... RHP Austin Warren (right elbow UCL surgery) pitched a scoreless inning with one strikeout in a rehab outing with Single-A San Jose on Wednesday.

UP NEXT

Astros: Return home for a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers beginning Friday night. RHP Hunter Brown (2-5, 5.58 ERA) seeks his fifth straight quality start opposite Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (8-1, 1.92).

Giants: RHP Spencer Howard (0-0, 2.03) opens a three-game home series against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. The Angels hadn't announced a starter.

AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Astros HOU31-38	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	9	1
Giants SF34-35	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	X	5	10	0

Oracle ParkSan Francisco, CA

W: L. Webb (6-5)L: F. Valdez (5-4)S: C. Doval (12)
HR: HOU - Y. Alvarez (35)

HOUAstros

SFGiants

.L. WebbLogan Webb
P
6.0 IP, 3 ER, 5 SO, 83 P
.C. DovalCamilo Doval
P
1.0 IP, SO, 9 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Altuve 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.294	.343	.443	.786	1.0
A. Bregman 3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	.240	.304	.402	.705	2.5
Y. Alvarez LF	4	2	2	2	1	0	2	.293	.367	.521	.888	10.0
J. Singleton DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.213	.316	.333	.649	-0.5
J. Pena SS	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.292	.324	.394	.718	1.5
M. Dubon CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.301	.327	.404	.731	0.5
V. Caratini C	3	0	1	0	0	2	2	.232	.276	.411	.687	0.0
J. Abreu 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.124	.167	.195	.361	0.0
T. Cabbage RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.267	.267	.400	.667	0.5

HITTERS	AB
J. Altuve 2B	4
A. Bregman 3B	4
Y. Alvarez LF	4
J. Singleton DH	4
J. Pena SS	4
M. Dubon CF	4
V. Caratini C	3
J. Abreu 1B	3
T. Cabbage RF	3

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
A. Slater LF	5	1	3	2	0	1	1	.212	.349	.212	.561	7.5
H. Ramos CF	4	0	0	1	0	1	5	.305	.385	.500	.885	0.5
W. Flores 1B	3	0	0	1	0	1	3	.218	.289	.335	.624	0.5
M. Chapman 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	.236	.312	.402	.714	2.5
P. Bailey C	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.279	.352	.421	.773	0.5
J. Soler DH	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	.217	.297	.365	.661	5.0
B. Wisely SS	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	.317	.333	.467	.800	3.5
T. Estrada 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	6	.235	.265	.386	.652	-0.5
M. Yastrzemski RF	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	.216	.292	.398	.690	5.0

HITTERS	AB
A. Slater LF	5
H. Ramos CF	4
W. Flores 1B	3
M. Chapman 3B	4
P. Bailey C	4
J. Soler DH	2
B. Wisely SS	4
T. Estrada 2B	4
M. Yastrzemski RF	2

2B - Y. Alvarez (16)
HR - Y. Alvarez (14)
RBI - Y. Alvarez 2 (35), J. Pena (26)
2-Out RBI - J. Pena
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - V. Caratini

2B - M. Chapman (18), B. Wisely (3)
SF - H. Ramos, W. Flores (5)
RBI - A. Slater 2 (4), H. Ramos (24), W. Flores (22), M. Chapman (29)
2-Out RBI - M. Chapman
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - W. Flores 2 (2), P. Bailey, T. Estrada

SB - A. Slater (2)

DP - (Altuve-Pena-Abreu)
E - A. Bregman (6)

DP - 2 (Rogers-Wisely-Flores; Wisely-Flores)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
F. Valdez (L, 5-4)	4.0	8	5	5	1	1	3.99	1.21	-7.5
S. Martinez	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1.98	0.99	4.5
S. Dubin	2.0	1	0	0	1	5	5.00	1.33	6.5

PITCHERS	IP
F. Valdez (L, 5-4)	4.0
S. Martinez	2.0
S. Dubin	2.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
L. Webb (W, 6-5)	6.0	7	3	3	5	1	3.02	1.20	20.5
R. Walker (H, 13)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2.55	0.93	2.0
T. Rogers (H, 12)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2.45	0.94	2.5
C. Doval (S, 12)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	3.62	1.54	10.5

PITCHERS	IP
L. Webb (W, 6-5)	6.0
R. Walker (H, 13)	1.0
T. Rogers (H, 12)	1.0
C. Doval (S, 12)	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - F. Valdez 59-37, S. Martinez 36-23, S. Dubin 37-24
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - F. Valdez 8-4, S. Martinez 4-1, S. Dubin 0-1
Batters Faced - F. Valdez 21, S. Martinez 9, S. Dubin 8

Pitches-Strikes - L. Webb 83-57, R. Walker 7-5, T. Rogers 10-7, C. Doval 9-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - L. Webb 12-4, R. Walker 2-0, T. Rogers 2-0, C. Doval 0-2
Batters Faced - L. Webb 24, R. Walker 3, T. Rogers 3, C. Doval 3

.L. WebbLogan Webb
P
6.0 IP, 3 ER, 5 SO, 83 P
.C. DovalCamilo Doval
P
1.0 IP, SO, 9 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Astros HOU31-38	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	9	1
Giants SF34-35	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	X	5	10	0

Oracle ParkSan Francisco, CA

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Altuve 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.294	.343	.443	.786	1.0
A. Bregman 3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	.240	.304	.402	.705	2.5
Y. Alvarez LF	4	2	2	2	1	0	2	.293	.367	.521	.888	10.0
J. Singleton DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.213	.316	.333	.649	-0.5
J. Pena SS	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.292	.324	.394	.718	1.5
M. Dubon CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.301	.327	.404	.731	0.5
V. Caratini C	3	0	1	0	0	2	2	.232	.276	.411	.687	0.0
J. Abreu 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.124	.167	.195	.361	0.0
T. Cabbage RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.267	.267	.400	.667	0.5
Total	33	3	9	3	1	7	8	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
J. Altuve 2B	4
A. Bregman 3B	4
Y. Alvarez LF	4
J. Singleton DH	4
J. Pena SS	4
M. Dubon CF	4
V. Caratini C	3
J. Abreu 1B	3
T. Cabbage RF	3
Total	33

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
A. Slater LF	5	1	3	2	0	1	1	.212	.349	.212	.561	7.5
H. Ramos CF	4	0	0	1	0	1	5	.305	.385	.500	.885	0.5
W. Flores 1B	3	0	0	1	0	1	3	.218	.289	.335	.624	0.5
M. Chapman 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	.236	.312	.402	.714	2.5
P. Bailey C	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.279	.352	.421	.773	0.5
J. Soler DH	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	.217	.297	.365	.661	5.0
B. Wisely SS	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	.317	.333	.467	.800	3.5
T. Estrada 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	6	.235	.265	.386	.652	-0.5
M. Yastrzemski RF	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	.216	.292	.398	.690	5.0
Total	32	5	10	5	3	7	20	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
A. Slater LF	5
H. Ramos CF	4
W. Flores 1B	3
M. Chapman 3B	4
P. Bailey C	4
J. Soler DH	2
B. Wisely SS	4
T. Estrada 2B	4
M. Yastrzemski RF	2
Total	32

2B - Y. Alvarez (16)
HR - Y. Alvarez (14)
RBI - Y. Alvarez 2 (35), J. Pena (26)
2-Out RBI - J. Pena
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - V. Caratini

2B - M. Chapman (18), B. Wisely (3)
SF - H. Ramos, W. Flores (5)
RBI - A. Slater 2 (4), H. Ramos (24), W. Flores (22), M. Chapman (29)
2-Out RBI - M. Chapman
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - W. Flores 2 (2), P. Bailey, T. Estrada

SB - A. Slater (2)

DP - (Altuve-Pena-Abreu)
E - A. Bregman (6)

DP - 2 (Rogers-Wisely-Flores; Wisely-Flores)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
F. Valdez (L, 5-4)	4.0	8	5	5	1	1	3.99	1.21	-7.5
S. Martinez	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1.98	0.99	4.5
S. Dubin	2.0	1	0	0	1	5	5.00	1.33	6.5
Total	8.0	10	5	5	3	7	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
F. Valdez (L, 5-4)	4.0
S. Martinez	2.0
S. Dubin	2.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
L. Webb (W, 6-5)	6.0	7	3	3	5	1	3.02	1.20	20.5
R. Walker (H, 13)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2.55	0.93	2.0
T. Rogers (H, 12)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2.45	0.94	2.5
C. Doval (S, 12)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	3.62	1.54	10.5
Total	9.0	9	3	3	7	1	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
L. Webb (W, 6-5)	6.0
R. Walker (H, 13)	1.0
T. Rogers (H, 12)	1.0
C. Doval (S, 12)	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - F. Valdez 59-37, S. Martinez 36-23, S. Dubin 37-24
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - F. Valdez 8-4, S. Martinez 4-1, S. Dubin 0-1
Batters Faced - F. Valdez 21, S. Martinez 9, S. Dubin 8

Pitches-Strikes - L. Webb 83-57, R. Walker 7-5, T. Rogers 10-7, C. Doval 9-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - L. Webb 12-4, R. Walker 2-0, T. Rogers 2-0, C. Doval 0-2
Batters Faced - L. Webb 24, R. Walker 3, T. Rogers 3, C. Doval 3

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

3RD INNING
Flores hit sacrifice fly to left, Yastrzemski scored, Slater to third 0 1
Chapman doubled to deep center, Slater scored 0 2

3RD INNING
	Flores hit sacrifice fly to left, Yastrzemski scored, Slater to third	0	1
	Chapman doubled to deep center, Slater scored	0	2


Pena reached on an infield single to second, Alvarez scored	1	2
Slater singled to right center, Wisely and Soler scored, Yastrzemski to third	1	4
Ramos hit sacrifice fly to center, Yastrzemski scored	1	5

6TH INNING
Alvarez homered to center, Bregman scored 3 5

6TH INNING
	Alvarez homered to center, Bregman scored	3	5

1ST INNING
Astros
L. Webb Pitching:
J. Altuve: Altuve flied out to deep right
A. Bregman: Ball, Bregman singled to right
Y. Alvarez: Strike swinging, Strike looking, Ball, Alvarez flied out to left, Doyle to third on catcher Vazquez throwing error
J. Singleton: Singleton grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Giants
F. Valdez Pitching:
A. Slater: Strike looking, Slater singled to right
H. Ramos: Strike looking, Ramos reached on fielder's choice to second, Slater out at second
W. Flores: Ball, Foul, Flores flied out to deep center
M. Chapman: Strike looking, Chapman flied out to center
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Astros
L. Webb Pitching:
J. Pena: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Pena struck out swinging
M. Dubon: Dubon lined out to center
V. Caratini: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Caratini struck out looking
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Giants
F. Valdez Pitching:
P. Bailey: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Bailey grounded out to third
J. Soler: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Soler walked
B. Wisely: Ball, Ball, Wisely singled to center, Soler to second
T. Estrada: Estrada grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, Wisely out at second
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Astros
L. Webb Pitching:
J. Abreu: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Abreu grounded out to pitcher
T. Cabbage: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Cabbage singled to left
J. Altuve: Strike looking, Foul, Cabbage picked off at first, pitcher to first, Altuve grounded out to third
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Giants
F. Valdez Pitching:
M. Yastrzemski: Yastrzemski reached on an infield single to second
A. Slater: Slater reached on bunt single to pitcher, Yastrzemski to second
H. Ramos: Ball, Ramos grounded out to third, Yastrzemski to third, Slater to second
W. Flores: Flores hit sacrifice fly to left, Yastrzemski scored, Slater to third
M. Chapman: Ball, Chapman doubled to deep center, Slater scored
P. Bailey: Ball, Ball, Bailey grounded out to shortstop
End of the 3rd (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Astros
L. Webb Pitching:
A. Bregman: Strike looking, Ball, Bregman grounded out to shortstop
Y. Alvarez: Alvarez doubled to deep right center
J. Singleton: Ball, Singleton grounded out to first, Alvarez to third
J. Pena: Foul, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Pena reached on an infield single to second, Alvarez scored
M. Dubon: Strike looking, Dubon singled to left, Pena to second
V. Caratini: Ball, Ball, Strike (foul tip), Foul, Strike looking, Caratini struck out looking
Middle of the 4th (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
Giants
F. Valdez Pitching:
J. Soler: Soler singled to left
B. Wisely: Ball, Strike swinging, Wisely doubled to deep center, Soler to third
T. Estrada: Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Estrada struck out swinging
M. Yastrzemski: Strike (foul tip), Ball, Yastrzemski hit by pitch
A. Slater: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Slater singled to right center, Wisely and Soler scored, Yastrzemski to third
H. Ramos: Ball, Foul, Ramos hit sacrifice fly to center, Yastrzemski scored
W. Flores: Pickoff attempt, Ball, Slater stole second, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Flores grounded out to pitcher
End of the 4th (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Astros
L. Webb Pitching:
J. Abreu: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Abreu lined out to right
T. Cabbage: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Cabbage struck out looking
J. Altuve: Ball, Altuve grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Giants
Seth Martinez relieved Framber Valdez
M. Chapman: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Chapman grounded out to shortstop
P. Bailey: Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Bailey singled to right
J. Soler: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Soler walked, Bailey to second
B. Wisely: Ball, Wisely popped out to first
T. Estrada: Strike swinging, Foul, Estrada grounded out to third
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Astros
L. Webb Pitching:
A. Bregman: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Bregman singled to shallow center
Y. Alvarez: Ball, Alvarez homered to center, Bregman scored
J. Singleton: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Singleton struck out swinging
J. Pena: Strike looking, Foul, Pena grounded out to pitcher
M. Dubon: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Dubon grounded out to third
Middle of the 6th (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
Giants
S. Martinez Pitching:
M. Yastrzemski: Ball, Foul, Ball, Yastrzemski grounded out to first
A. Slater: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Slater safe at first on 3rd baseman Bregman throwing error
H. Ramos: Foul, Ball, Ramos flied out to deep right
W. Flores: Pickoff attempt, Slater to second on balk, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Flores struck out swinging
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Astros
Ryan Walker relieved Logan Webb
V. Caratini: Ball, Caratini singled to right
J. Abreu: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Abreu grounded into double play shortstop to first, Caratini out at second
T. Cabbage: Ball, Cabbage grounded out to pitcher
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Giants
Shawn Dubin relieved Seth Martinez
M. Chapman: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Chapman struck out swinging
P. Bailey: Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike looking, Bailey struck out looking
J. Soler: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Ball, Soler singled to shallow right
B. Wisely: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Wisely struck out looking
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Astros
Tyler Rogers relieved Ryan Walker
J. Altuve: Foul, Strike swinging, Altuve reached on an infield single to pitcher
A. Bregman: Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Bregman struck out swinging
Y. Alvarez: Ball, Alvarez grounded into double play pitcher to shortstop to first, Altuve out at second
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Giants
S. Dubin Pitching:
T. Estrada: Strike looking, Estrada popped out to first
M. Yastrzemski: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Yastrzemski walked
A. Slater: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike looking, Slater struck out looking
H. Ramos: Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Ramos struck out swinging
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Astros
Camilo Doval relieved Tyler Rogers
J. Singleton: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Singleton flied out to deep right
J. Pena: Strike looking, Ball, Pena flied out to deep center
M. Dubon: Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Dubon struck out swinging
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)