ASTROS FALL/RANGERS ROLL IN ‘VIRTUAL’ SEASON OPENERS
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 opening day, the Astros fell behind early to the Angels and never caught up, dropping a 9-6 decision.
The Rangers were buoyed by Cory Kluber, who fired seven shutout innings in a 10-0 win.
Here are the boxscores…enjoy!
LOS ANGELES (AL) AB R H RBI AVG HOUSTON AB R H RBI AVG
D.Fletcher 2B 5 0 2 0 .400 G.Springer CF 5 1 2 3 .400
M.Trout CF 4 4 3 2 .750 J.Altuve 2B 4 0 0 0 .000
A.Rendon 3B 4 2 2 0 .500 M.Brantley LF 4 1 1 0 .250
S.Ohtani DH 5 1 1 1 .200 A.Bregman 3B 1 1 0 0 .000
J.Upton LF 4 1 2 2 .500 Y.Gurriel 1B 4 0 0 0 .000
A.Pujols 1B 4 0 0 1 .000 Y.Alvarez DH 3 1 1 3 .333
B.Goodwin RF 5 0 2 0 .400 C.Correa SS 4 0 0 0 .000
A.Simmons SS 4 1 2 2 .500 J.Reddick RF 4 1 2 0 .500
J.Castro C 5 0 1 0 .200 M.Maldonado C 4 1 1 0 .250
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 40 9 15 8 Totals 33 6 7 6
LOS ANGELES (AL) 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 - 9 15 0
HOUSTON......... 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 - 6 7 1
LOS ANGELES (AL) (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Heaney WIN(1-0) 5 4 3 3 2 5 1 5.40
N.Ramirez 0 2/3 1 2 2 1 2 1 27.00
J.Suarez HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
K.Middleton HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
T.Buttrey 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.00
H.Robles SAVE(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 7 6 6 4 9 2
HOUSTON (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Z.Greinke LOSS(0-1) 4 8 6 5 0 3 2 11.25
J.Biagini 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9.00
F.Valdez 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
J.Smith 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
B.Abreu 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 ----
R.Pressly 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
C.Devenski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 15 9 8 3 7 3
ATTENDANCE- 29,977 DATE- Thursday, March 26th 2020 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:03
LEFT ON BASE- LAA: 9 HOU: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- LAA: 0 HOU: 1
ERRORS- A.Bregman
DOUBLES- D.Fletcher(1st), S.Ohtani(1st), J.Reddick(1st), M.Maldonado(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Trout-2(2nd), A.Simmons(1st), G.Springer(1st), Y.Alvarez(1st)
RBIs- M.Trout-2(2nd), S.Ohtani(1st), J.Upton-2(2nd), A.Pujols(1st),
A.Simmons-2(2nd), G.Springer-3(3rd), Y.Alvarez-3(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Pujols, A.Simmons, Y.Alvarez
WALKS- M.Trout, A.Rendon, J.Upton, J.Altuve, A.Bregman-3
STRIKE OUTS- M.Trout, A.Rendon, A.Pujols, B.Goodwin, J.Castro-3, G.Springer,
J.Altuve, M.Brantley, Y.Gurriel, Y.Alvarez-2, C.Correa-2,
M.Maldonado
WILD PITCHES- T.Buttrey
PASSED BALLS- M.Maldonado
2-out RBI- M.Trout, G.Springer-3
RLISP 2-out- Y.Gurriel, D.Fletcher, A.Simmons, S.Ohtani, J.Castro, C.Correa,
J.Altuve
TEAM RISP- : 2 for 9 : 1 for 7
Mike Trout slammed 2 homeruns and scored 4 times at Minute Maid Park as the
Los Angeles(AL) team beat the Houston ballclub by the count of 9 to 6.
Trout enjoyed a big evening at the plate. He smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly'
in the 1st inning, laced a single in the 3rd inning and blasted a solo shot
in the 4th inning. Offensively, Los Angeles(AL) was a juggernaut. They
scored in 6 separate innings.
The win went to Andrew Heaney(1-0) who allowed 3 runs in 5 innings. Hansel
Robles earned the save, his 1st. The losing pitcher was Zack Greinke(0-1).
He allowed Los Angeles(AL) 6 runs in 4 innings of work.
TEXAS AB R H RBI AVG SEATTLE AB R H RBI AVG
S.Choo DH 5 2 3 2 .600 S.Long 2B 3 0 1 0 .333
D.Santana CF 5 2 2 0 .400 J.Crawford SS 4 0 0 0 .000
J.Gallo RF 4 2 1 2 .250 K.Seager 3B 4 0 1 0 .250
T.Frazier 3B 5 1 1 3 .200 T.Murphy C 4 0 0 0 .000
N.Solak LF 5 2 3 2 .600 D.Vogelbach DH 3 0 0 0 .000
R.Chirinos C 3 0 1 0 .333 K.Lewis RF 3 0 0 0 .000
R.Guzman 1B 5 0 0 0 .000 J.Fraley LF 3 0 0 0 .000
E.Andrus SS 5 1 3 0 .600 E.White 1B 3 0 1 0 .333
R.Odor 2B 4 0 1 0 .250 M.Smith CF 3 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 41 10 15 9 Totals 30 0 3 0
TEXAS........... 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 - 10 15 1
SEATTLE......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1
TEXAS (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
C.Kluber WIN(1-0) 7 2 0 0 1 10 0 0.00 A1 C7
J.Hernandez 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 C8 D1
L.Farrell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 D2
Totals 9 3 0 0 1 11 0
SEATTLE (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
M.Gonzales LOSS(0-1) 4 9 5 5 1 5 2 11.25 A1 C3
D.Altavilla 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0.00 C4 D2
N.Cortes 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0.00 D3 D7
Y.Ramirez 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 18.00 D8 E4
B.Brennan 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9.00 E5
Totals 9 15 10 8 3 11 4
ATTENDANCE- 26,290 DATE- Thursday, March 26th 2020 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- TEX: 7 SEA: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- TEX: 1 SEA: 1
ERRORS- R.Odor, K.Lewis
DOUBLES- N.Solak(1st)
HOME RUNS- S.Choo(1st), J.Gallo(1st), T.Frazier(1st), N.Solak(1st)
RBIs- S.Choo-2(2nd), J.Gallo-2(2nd), T.Frazier-3(3rd), N.Solak-2(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- S.Long(1st)
WALKS- J.Gallo, R.Chirinos-2, S.Long
STRIKE OUTS- S.Choo, D.Santana, J.Gallo-3, T.Frazier, N.Solak-2, R.Guzman,
E.Andrus, R.Odor, S.Long, J.Crawford, T.Murphy-2, D.Vogelbach,
K.Lewis-2, J.Fraley-2, E.White-2
GIDP- D.Santana, M.Smith
2-out RBI- J.Gallo-2
RLISP 2-out- E.Andrus, D.Vogelbach, R.Odor, T.Murphy
TEAM RISP- : 1 for 6 : 0 for 5
Corey Kluber mowed down 10 Seattle batters and left fielder Nick Solak
connected with a 'big fly' and had 2 RBI as the Texas ballclub destroyed the
Seattle club by a score of 10 to 0 at T-Mobile Park.
Kluber(1-0) pitched one of his finer games as he simply was too much for the
Seattle batters. He gave up just 2 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings. Texas
finished with 15 hits while Seattle ended up with 3.
Marco Gonzales(0-1) ended up with the loss. He gave up 5 runs in 4 innings of
work. Seattle's manager was impressed with Kluber and his 10 strikeouts.
'It's tough to generate runs if you can't make contact with the ball.'