ASTROS PICK UP FIRST WIN IN ‘VIRTUAL 2020 SEASON’
In order to attempt to fill the void left by the temporary absence of Major League Baseball, the long-time baseball board/computer game, Strat-o-Matic is playing the 2020 season, virtually.
Strat-o-Matic is using their computer technology to recreate all of the scheduled 2020 games.
As a light-hearted way to fill the absence of live-action baseball, KWHI will post the daily results of the computer-generated games involving the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers.
While it, in no way, can replace actual baseball, we hope it will act as a tongue-in-cheek substitute until real baseball returns.
On day two of the season, the Astros got homeruns from Michael Brantley and Yuli Gurriel in a 4-2 win over the Angels.
The Rangers start the season 2-0 , after a 3-1 win over Seattle.
Here are the boxscores…enjoy!
LOS ANGELES (AL) AB R H RBI AVG HOUSTON AB R H RBI AVG
D.Fletcher RF 4 0 0 0 .222 G.Springer CF,RF 4 0 2 0 .444
M.Trout CF 4 0 0 0 .375 J.Altuve 2B 4 0 0 0 .000
A.Rendon 3B 4 1 2 1 .500 M.Brantley LF 4 1 1 1 .250
S.Ohtani DH 3 0 1 0 .250 A-M.Straw CF 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Upton LF 4 0 0 0 .250 A.Bregman 3B 4 1 3 0 .600
A.Pujols 1B 3 0 0 0 .000 Y.Gurriel 1B 4 1 2 2 .250
T.La Stella 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 Y.Alvarez DH 3 1 1 0 .333
A.Simmons SS 3 0 0 0 .286 C.Correa SS 4 0 1 0 .125
J.Castro C 3 1 1 1 .250 J.Reddick RF,LF 3 0 1 0 .429
M.Maldonado C 4 0 2 1 .375
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Totals 31 2 4 2 Totals 34 4 13 4
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Brantley In 9th Inning
LOS ANGELES (AL) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 4 0
HOUSTON......... 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 - 4 13 0
LOS ANGELES (AL) (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Teheran 5 9 2 2 2 2 1 3.60
C.Bedrosian LOSS(0-1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9.00
M.Mayers 0 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 1 13.50
J.Quijada 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Totals 8 13 4 4 3 5 2
HOUSTON (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Urquidy 5 2/3 3 2 2 1 3 2 3.18
F.Valdez WIN(1-0) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
J.Smith HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
R.Pressly HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
R.Osuna SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Totals 9 4 2 2 1 7 2
ATTENDANCE- 39,975 DATE- Friday, March 27th 2020 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- :LAA 3 :HOU 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- :LAA 2 :HOU 0
DOUBLES- A.Rendon(1st), A.Bregman(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Rendon(1st), J.Castro(1st), M.Brantley(1st), Y.Gurriel(1st)
RBIs- A.Rendon(1st), J.Castro(1st), M.Brantley(1st), Y.Gurriel-2(2nd),
M.Maldonado(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Springer
WALKS- S.Ohtani, G.Springer, Y.Alvarez, J.Reddick
STRIKE OUTS- D.Fletcher-3, A.Rendon-2, S.Ohtani, J.Upton, G.Springer, Y.Alvarez,
C.Correa, J.Reddick, M.Maldonado
GIDP- Y.Gurriel-2
2-out RBI- A.Rendon, M.Maldonado
RLISP 2-out- J.Upton, M.Brantley, J.Altuve-2
TEAM RISP- : 0 for 1 : 2 for 6
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Michael Brantley robbed Mike Trout of an extra base hit.
TEXAS AB R H RBI AVG SEATTLE AB R H RBI AVG
S.Choo DH 4 1 1 0 .444 S.Long 2B 5 0 1 0 .250
D.Santana CF 4 0 0 0 .222 J.Crawford SS 2 0 0 0 .000
J.Gallo RF 3 0 0 1 .143 K.Seager 3B 3 0 1 0 .286
T.Frazier 3B 4 2 2 0 .333 T.Murphy C 4 0 0 0 .000
N.Solak LF 4 0 1 0 .444 D.Vogelbach DH 2 0 1 0 .200
R.Chirinos C 3 0 2 2 .500 A-A.Nola PH,DH 2 0 0 0 .000
R.Guzman 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 K.Lewis RF 3 0 0 0 .000
R.Odor 2B 4 0 1 0 .250 J.Fraley LF 4 1 2 1 .286
E.Andrus SS 2 0 0 0 .429 E.White 1B 3 0 0 0 .167
M.Smith CF 4 0 1 0 .143
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Totals 32 3 7 3 Totals 32 1 6 1
A-Pinch Hit For Vogelbach In 6th Inning
TEXAS........... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 7 0
SEATTLE......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1
TEXAS (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Lynn WIN(1-0) 5 2/3 4 1 1 2 6 1 1.59
B.Martin HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
N.Goody HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
R.Montero HOLD(1st) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
J.Leclerc SAVE(1st) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Totals 9 6 1 1 5 8 1
SEATTLE (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Y.Kikuchi LOSS(0-1) 6 5 2 2 1 5 0 3.00
C.Edwards Jr 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
E.Swanson 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
M.Magill 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Totals 9 7 3 2 2 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 22,363 DATE- Friday, March 27th 2020 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- TEX: 5 SEA: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- TEX: 1 SEA: 1
ERRORS- T.Murphy
DOUBLES- T.Frazier(1st), S.Long(1st), D.Vogelbach(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Fraley(1st)
RBIs- J.Gallo(3rd), R.Chirinos-2(2nd), J.Fraley(1st)
STOLEN BASES- S.Choo(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Gallo
WALKS- R.Chirinos, E.Andrus, J.Crawford-2, K.Seager, K.Lewis, E.White
STRIKE OUTS- S.Choo, D.Santana-2, J.Gallo-2, T.Frazier, R.Guzman, R.Odor,
S.Long, T.Murphy-3, K.Lewis-2, E.White, M.Smith
GIDP- D.Santana, K.Seager
WILD PITCHES- L.Lynn, Y.Kikuchi
2-out RBI- R.Chirinos
RLISP 2-out- R.Odor, K.Lewis-2, A.Nola-2, S.Long
TEAM RISP- : 1 for 7 : 0 for 9
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Kyle Lewis robbed Danny Santana of a Homerun!