Arizona Diamondbacks at Houston Astros

ARI 1 — 3 HOU

Final — 2026-09-04

MVP: Cristian Javier 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 8 K

Houston Astros defeated Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1. Cristian Javier led the way with 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 8 K. Cristian Javier earned the win and Merrill Kelly took the loss. Josh Hader recorded the save.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ARI	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
HOU	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		3

WP Cristian Javier

LP Merrill Kelly

SV Josh Hader

Scoring Plays

Bot 3: Yainer Diaz homers (11) on a line drive to left center field. (0-1)

Bot 3: Isaac Paredes doubles (25) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Max Kepler. Jeremy Peña scores. Yordan Alvarez to 3rd. (0-2)

Bot 3: Jose Altuve out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Max Kepler in foul territory. Yordan Alvarez scores. (0-3)

Top 4: Gabriel Moreno homers (12) on a line drive to left center field. (1-3)

ARI — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Lawlar	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.269	.337	.449	.786
Tawa	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	.237	.296	.390	.686
Arenado	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.233	.307	.420	.727
Nootbaar	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.228	.332	.368	.700
Waldschmidt	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.270	.332	.383	.715
Marte	2B	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	.251	.318	.446	.764
Perdomo	SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.252	.359	.367	.726
Moreno	C	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	.299	.379	.467	.846
Carroll	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.239	.335	.466	.801
Kepler	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.270	.313	.583

HOU — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Paredes	3B	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.258	.358	.423	.781
Allen	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.319	.359	.678
Smith	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.212	.278	.385	.663
Varsho	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.291	.360	.651
Altuve	2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.243	.307	.395	.702
Trammell	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.206	.292	.360	.652
Pena	SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.277	.331	.467	.798
Wade	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.204	.317	.333	.650
Walker	1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.229	.302	.425	.727
Diaz	C	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	.262	.291	.428	.719
Alvarez	DH	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.317	.434	.601	1.035

ARI — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Kelly	6.0	7	3	3	4	1	94-64	5.06	1.47	L
Martinez	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	11-8	0.00	1.00
(gpid=sa:571882)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	14-9	1.93	0.60

HOU — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Abreu	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	14-7	3.76	1.38	H
Hader	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16-11	0.70	0.65	S
De Los Santos	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	9-4	4.43	1.25	H
Sousa	1.1	1	0	0	2	2	0	28-17	5.87	1.83	H
Javier	5.0	1	1	1	3	8	1	79-47	5.98	1.55	W

Venue: Daikin Park, Houston, Texas

Arizona Diamondbacks at Houston Astros

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