Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros

ATL 6 — 2 HOU

Final — 2026-09-18

MVP: Tyler Mahle 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 6 K

Atlanta Braves defeated Houston Astros 6-2. Tyler Mahle led the way with 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 6 K. Tyler Mahle earned the win and Peter Lambert took the loss.

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

WP Tyler Mahle

LP Peter Lambert

Scoring Plays

Top 4: Michael Harris II homers (26) on a fly ball to left center field. Matt Olson scores. (2-0)

Bot 4: Isaac Paredes singles on a ground ball to center fielder Michael Harris II. Yordan Alvarez scores. (2-1)

Top 7: Ronald Acuña Jr. homers (19) on a line drive to left field. Drake Baldwin scores. (4-1)

Bot 8: Isaac Paredes singles on a line drive to left fielder Mike Yastrzemski. LaMonte Wade Jr. scores. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd. (4-2)

Top 9: Matt Olson homers (40) on a fly ball to left center field. Drake Baldwin scores. (6-2)

ATL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Harris	CF	5	1	3	0	1	2	0	1	.293	.319	.491	.810
Dubon	SS	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	.273	.319	.394	.713
Baldwin	DH	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	.279	.354	.455	.809
Olson	1B	5	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	.253	.325	.509	.834
Murphy	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.240	.323	.563
Acuna	RF	5	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	.256	.346	.455	.801
Albies	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.244	.300	.406	.706
Riley	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.220	.292	.360	.652
Yastrzemski	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.225	.309	.373	.682

HOU — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Paredes	3B	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	.259	.356	.430	.786
Allen	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.327	.382	.709
Varsho	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.283	.358	.641
Altuve	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.243	.302	.392	.694
Trammell	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.202	.290	.360	.650
Pena	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.276	.327	.472	.799
Wade	LF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.215	.317	.364	.681
Walker	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.220	.293	.409	.702
Vazquez	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.261	.324	.585
Diaz	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.276	.308	.435	.743
Alvarez	DH	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	.312	.431	.600	1.031

ATL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Fuentes	2.0	2	1	1	1	3	40-23	2.27	1.07	H
Mahle	6.0	3	1	1	1	6	98-64	3.81	1.22	W
Iglesias	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	11-10	2.68	1.12

HOU — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
De Los Santos	2.0	2	2	2	0	3	1	30-23	4.79	1.28
Blubaugh	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	17-10	3.42	1.22
Sousa	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	14-12	5.40	1.73
Lambert	5.1	6	2	2	1	6	1	87-57	3.70	1.23	L

Venue: Daikin Park, Houston, Texas

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