ASTROS & RANGERS FALL IN VIRTUAL MLB ACTION
In an attempt to fill the void left by the 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 attempt 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.
Monday, Royals’ pitching held the Astros to just five singles, while Jorge Soler’s leadoff homer in the bottom of the ninth led KC to a 1-0 win over Houston. The Astros are at Kansas City, again Tuesday.
The Rangers got a three-run homer from Nick Solak, but fell to Cleveland, 5-3. Texas faces Cleveland again Tuesday
Here are the box scores…enjoy!
Houston......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
Kansas City..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 8 0
| Houston AB R H RBI AVG G.Springer CF 3 0 0 0 .259 J.Altuve 2B 4 0 1 0 .268 A.Bregman 3B 4 0 1 0 .327 Y.Alvarez DH 3 0 1 0 .209 M.Straw PR,DH 0 0 0 0 .222 C.Correa SS 4 0 1 0 .255 M.Brantley LF 3 0 0 0 .264 Y.Gurriel 1B 3 0 0 0 .285 K.Tucker RF 2 0 0 0 .271 M.Maldonado C 3 0 0 0 .241 Totals 29 0 4 0 |
Kansas City AB R H RBI AVG W.Merrifield CF 4 0 3 0 .329 N.Lopez 2B 4 0 2 0 .351 A.Mondesi SS 4 0 0 0 .262 J.Soler DH 4 1 2 1 .353 A.Gordon LF 3 0 0 0 .294 S.Perez C 3 0 1 0 .291 H.Dozier 3B 3 0 0 0 .231 R.O'Hearn 1B 3 0 0 0 .208 R.McBroom RF 3 0 0 0 .287 Totals 31 1 8 1 |
| Houston (22-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA J.Urquidy 6 5 0 0 0 7 0 2.31 C.Devenski 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.00 R.Pressly 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.00 J.Smith LOSS(0-1) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.95 Totals 8 8 1 1 0 10 1 |
| Kansas City (21-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA B.Keller 8 3 0 0 2 4 0 3.51 I.Kennedy WIN(1-2) 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.94 Totals 9 4 0 0 3 6 0 |
LEFT ON BASE- Houston: 6 Kansas City: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Houston: 1 Kansas City: 2
HOME RUNS- J.Soler(13th)
RBIs- J.Soler(34th)
WALKS- Y.Alvarez, M.Brantley, K.Tucker
HIT BY PITCH- G.Springer
STRIKE OUTS- G.Springer, J.Altuve, A.Bregman, Y.Alvarez-2, M.Maldonado, N.Lopez,
A.Mondesi-3, J.Soler-2, A.Gordon, H.Dozier-2, R.McBroom
GIDP- J.Altuve, A.Bregman, S.Perez
WILD PITCHES- R.Pressly
RLISP 2-out- K.Tucker, A.Mondesi-3, G.Springer, M.Brantley
TEAM RISP- Houston: 0 for 4 Kansas City: 0 for 2
Texas........... 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 5 0
Cleveland....... 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 - 5 10 1
| Texas AB R H RBI AVG S.Choo DH 3 1 0 0 .321 E.Andrus SS 3 1 0 0 .346 N.Solak 3B 4 1 3 3 .338 J.Gallo RF 4 0 0 0 .183 W.Calhoun LF 4 0 0 0 .231 D.Santana CF 4 0 0 0 .275 R.Guzman 1B 3 0 1 0 .229 R.Chirinos C 3 0 1 0 .291 R.Odor 2B 2 0 0 0 .258 Totals 30 3 5 3 |
Cleveland AB R H RBI AVG F.Lindor SS 4 1 2 2 .270 D.Deshields CF 4 0 1 0 .287 C.Santana 1B 3 1 1 0 .328 J.Ramirez 3B 4 1 1 0 .255 F.Reyes DH 4 0 1 0 .338 J.Luplow RF 3 1 1 1 .313 J.Bauers LF 2 0 1 2 .301 O.Mercado LF 0 0 0 0 .218 R.Perez C 4 0 1 0 .191 M.Freeman 2B 4 1 1 0 .240 Totals 32 5 10 5 |
| Texas (16-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA J.Lyles 5 4 2 2 2 3 2 3.79 J.Nicasio L(0-1) BS(2nd) 0 1/3 3 2 2 1 1 0 9.00 L.Garcia 1 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.50 N.Goody 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 20.65 Totals 8 10 5 5 4 7 2 |
| Cleveland (21-16) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA C.Carrasco 5 2/3 3 2 2 2 7 0 3.52 O.Perez WIN(1-0) BS(1st) 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1.10 A.Cimber HOLD(10th) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.57 N.Wittgren HOLD(6th) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.86 B.Hand SAVE(8th) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.63 Totals 9 5 3 3 3 13 1 |
LEFT ON BASE- Texas: 3 Cleveland: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Texas: 1 Cleveland: 3
ERRORS- O.Perez
DOUBLES- N.Solak(6th), R.Chirinos(7th), D.Deshields(4th), M.Freeman(3rd)
HOME RUNS- N.Solak(10th), F.Lindor(11th), J.Luplow(3rd)
RBIs- N.Solak-3(25th), F.Lindor-2(30th), J.Luplow(10th), J.Bauers-2(13th)
WALKS- S.Choo, E.Andrus, R.Odor, C.Santana, J.Luplow, J.Bauers-2
STRIKE OUTS- S.Choo-3, N.Solak, J.Gallo-2, W.Calhoun-2, D.Santana-2, R.Guzman,
R.Chirinos, R.Odor, F.Lindor, C.Santana, F.Reyes-2, J.Luplow,
J.Bauers, M.Freeman
GIDP- D.Santana, R.Chirinos, R.Perez
2-out RBI- J.Luplow, N.Solak-3
RLISP 2-out- J.Ramirez, M.Freeman, D.Santana
TEAM RISP- Texas: 1 for 5 Cleveland: 4 for 9
AL West WON LOST PCT GB
2020 Houston HOA 22 13 .629 ----
2020 Oakland OAA 22 15 .595 1.0
2020 Texas TEA 16 18 .471 5.5
2020 Los Angeles(AL) LAA 12 21 .364 9.0
2020 Seattle SEA 12 25 .324 11.0