ASTROS KEEP ROLLING; RANGERS KNOCK OFF A’S IN VIRTUAL SEASON

Ed Pothul May 21, 2020

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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.

Wednesday, the Astros got rbi-singles from Yuli Gurriel and Yordan Alvarez in the eighth inning and held on to beat Toronto, 5-3. The win gives Houston a league-best 34-16 record—three games ahead of Oakland in the A.L. West. The Astros have Thursday off.

The Rangers’ Nick Solak scored the game-winner in the top of the 10^th inning on a wild pitch as Texas downed Oakland, 6-5. Roughned Odor homered (6), while Danny Santana went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored. The Rangers and A’s close out their series, Thursday.

Here are the box scores…enjoy!

Houston......... 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 5 11 0
Toronto......... 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 7 1

Houston AB R H RBI AVG
G.Springer CF 3 2 1 1 .251
M.Straw PR,CF 1 0 0 0 .229
J.Altuve 2B 5 1 2 1 .315
A.Bregman 3B 5 1 3 1 .323
Y.Alvarez DH 5 1 2 1 .230
C.Correa SS 4 0 0 0 .268
M.Brantley LF 2 0 1 0 .277
Y.Gurriel 1B 4 0 2 1 .282
K.Tucker RF 4 0 0 0 .275
M.Maldonado C 4 0 0 0 .219
Totals 37 5 11 5

Toronto AB R H RBI AVG
C.Biggio 2B 4 1 2 1 .250
L.Gurriel LF 4 0 2 1 .271
V.Guerrero Jr DH 3 0 0 0 .308
B.Bichette SS 4 0 0 0 .274
T.Shaw 1B 4 1 1 1 .254
R.Grichuk CF 4 0 0 0 .236
D.Fisher RF 2 0 0 0 .256
B.McKinney RF 2 0 0 0 .357
B.Drury 3B 4 1 1 0 .273
R.McGuire C 3 0 1 0 .171
Totals 34 3 7 3

Houston (34-16) IP       H   R ER BB SO HR    ERA
L.McCullers 5       4   2   2   2   8   1   3.90
C.Devenski HOLD(7th) 1       0   0   0   0   2   0   1.38
J.Smith WIN(1-1) BS(2nd) 1       2   1   1   0   1   1   4.57
R.Pressly HOLD(7th) 1       0   0   0   0   1   0   2.42
R.Osuna SAVE(12th) 1       1   0   0   0   0   0   0.86
Totals 9       7   3   3   2 12   2

Toronto (21-29) IP H   R ER BB SO HR    ERA
C.Anderson 6 7   3   2   1   5   1   3.46
T.Pannone 0 2/3 0   0   0   0   1   0   3.80
R.Dolis 0 1/ 3 0   0   0   0   0   0   7.00
A.Cole LOSS(1-2)          0 1/3 3   2   2   1   0   0   4.63
R.Borucki 1 2/3 1   0   0   0   1   0   2.70
Totals 9 11   5   4   2   7   1

LEFT ON BASE- Houston: 8 Toronto: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Houston: 0 Toronto: 1
ERRORS- B.Bichette
DOUBLES- J.Altuve-2(14th), A.Bregman-2(12th), Y.Alvarez(4th), L.Gurriel(10th)
HOME RUNS- G.Springer(10th), C.Biggio(8th), T.Shaw(6th)
RBIs- G.Springer(18th), J.Altuve(24th), A.Bregman(34th), Y.Alvarez(26th),
Y.Gurriel(24th), C.Biggio(26th), L.Gurriel(19th), T.Shaw(14th)
STOLEN BASES- Y.Gurriel(1st)
WALKS- M.Brantley-2, C.Biggio, V.Guerrero Jr
HIT BY PITCH- G.Springer, R.McGuire
STRIKE OUTS- G.Springer, C.Correa, Y.Gurriel, K.Tucker, M.Maldonado-3, C.Biggio,
L.Gurriel-2, V.Guerrero Jr, B.Bichette, T.Shaw-2, R.Grichuk-2,
B.Drury, R.McGuire-2
WILD PITCHES- L.McCullers
2-out RBI- T.Shaw, L.Gurriel, C.Biggio
RLISP 2-out- M.Brantley, B.Bichette-3, G.Springer, C.Correa, M.Maldonado-2
TEAM RISP- Houston: 4 for 14 Toronto: 1 for 5

Texas........... 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 6 6 0
Oakland......... 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 0

Texas AB R H RBI AVG
S.Choo DH 4 0 0 0 .312
N.Solak PH,DH       0 1 0 0 .326
D.Santana CF        4 2 3 0 .295
W.Calhoun LF        4 1 1 0 .303
T.Frazier 1B 4 1 1 1 .270
J.Gallo RF 4 0 0 0 .182
R.Chirinos C 3 0 0 1 .264
R.Odor 2B 4 1 1 2 .268
E.Andrus SS         4 0 0 0 .293
M.Duffy 3B 2 0 0 0 .350
I.Kiner-Falefa 3B   1 0 0 0 .256
Totals             34 6 6 4

Oakland AB R H RBI AVG
M.Semien SS 5 1 3 2 .282
T.Kemp 2B 5 1 1 1 .289
M.Chapman 3B 4 0 2 1 .287
M.Olson 1B 1 0 0 0 .240
C.Pinder LF 4 0 1 0 .269
S.Piscotty RF 5 1 1 1 .242
R.Laureano CF 4 0 0 0 .247
R.Grossman CF 1 0 0 0 .275
K.Davis DH 5 1 2 0 .209
M.Canha LF,1B 3 1 1 0 .220
A.Allen C 3 0 0 0 .273 |
Totals 40 5 11 5

Texas (23-26) IP       H   R ER BB SO HR    ERA
J.Lyles 3 2/3   9   5   5   2   4   2   4.44
A.Jurado 1 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   4.91
B.Martin 1 0   0   0   0   3   0   8.31
J.Chavez 1       1   0   0   0   2   0   0.00
L.Garcia 1       1   0   0   1   1   0   2.63
D.Law WIN(1-0) 1       0   0   0   0   1   0   2.25
J.Hernandez SAVE(1st)     1       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.08
Totals 10      11   5   5   3 11   2

Oakland (31-19) IP       H   R ER BB SO HR    ERA
M.Fiers 6       4   4   4   2   6   1   3.63
J.Soria HOLD(9th) 1       0 0   0   0   1   0   1.71
Y.Petit BS(3rd) 1       2   1   1   0   1   0   3.33
L.Hendriks 1       0   0   0   0   2   0   0.78
J.Diekman LOSS(1-1)       1       0   1   1   2   3   0   1.77
Totals 10       6   6   6   4 13   1

LEFT ON BASE- Texas: 4 Oakland: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Texas: 0 Oakland: 0
DOUBLES- M.Semien(13th), M.Chapman-2(14th)
HOME RUNS- R.Odor(6th), M.Semien(12th), S.Piscotty(6th)
RBIs- T.Frazier(27th), R.Chirinos(10th), R.Odor-2(20th), M.Semien-2(29th),
T.Kemp(12th), M.Chapman(35th), S.Piscotty(17th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Santana(6th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Frazier, R.Chirinos
WALKS- N.Solak, D.Santana, W.Calhoun, M.Duffy, M.Chapman, M.Canha, A.Allen
STRIKE OUTS- S.Choo-2, D.Santana, W.Calhoun-2, T.Frazier, J.Gallo-2, R.Chirinos,
R.Odor-2, E.Andrus, I.Kiner-Falefa, M.Semien, T.Kemp, M.Olson,
C.Pinder-2, S.Piscotty, R.Laureano-3, A.Allen-2
BALKS- M.Fiers
WILD PITCHES- M.Fiers, Y.Petit, J.Diekman-2
PASSED BALLS- A.Allen
2-out RBI- T.Kemp, R.Odor-2, M.Chapman
RLISP 2-out- C.Pinder-2, S.Choo, S.Piscotty, W.Calhoun, R.Laureano, T.Frazier
TEAM RISP- Texas: 3 for 8 Oakland: 2 for 8

AL West WON LOST PCT GB
2020 Houston HOA 34 16 .680 ----
2020 Oakland OAA 31 19 .620 3.0
2020 Texas TEA 23 26 .469 10.5
2020 Los Angeles(AL) LAA 19 29 .396 14.0
2020 Seattle SEA 15 36 .294 19.5

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