
HOU
72-58

BAL
59-70
Matchup · 2026
MLB Stats API
HOU
league avg
BAL
.730
OPS
.715
.727
.320
OBP
.319
▶.324
4.56
Runs / G
4.50
▶4.76
4.87
Team ERA
4.17
▶4.53
1.44
WHIP
1.31
▶1.40
8.5
K / 9
8.5
7.8
Postgame · final
Line score, top performers, model verdict against Vegas, and how the closing line shaped up vs the actual outcome.
Final
HOU wins
HOU 9 · BAL 8 (by 1)
Model verdict
✗ Missed
Picked BAL +1pp
Against the spread
No spread
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| BAL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Final play
“End of the 9th inning”
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Recap · MLB
ouston Astros went into Baltimore Orioles and beat them, 9–8. It came down to the final possession.
ESPN didn't ship a closing line for this game; book settlement summary unavailable.
ByTheOnemodel/auto-generated · live odds + scouting data/refreshes with the page
HOU · top performer

Christian Walker
1B
4-2
AB-H
2
R
2
RBI
BAL · top performer

Jeremiah Jackson
2B
4-2
AB-H
2
R
2
RBI
MLB · Box scoreSTATCAST
| Player | AVG | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .304 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| .338 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| .278 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .225 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .237 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| .265 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| .298 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| .252 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .155 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .215 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 38 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 65 | |
| 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | |
| 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 64 | |
| 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 181 |
| Player | AVG | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .246 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| .339 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| .281 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| .255 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| .215 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| .238 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .198 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| .333 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| .200 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| .138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 37 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 75 | |
| 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 30 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 119 |
Pitcher arsenals · per-pitch detail
Statcast · via Baseball SavantHOU
BAL
Stat compare
Headline stats · full table below
11
Hits
9
9
Runs
8
1
Errors
1
Current series
HOU wins series 3-1
Season series
HOU leads series 4-2
Headlines · top performers
Biggest swing: 32pp · Top 7th Inning
C. Walker
1BBatter of the game
2-for-4 · 1 HR · 1.750 OPS
A. Blubaugh
RPTop reliever
4.0 IP · 4 K · 2 ER · 3 H · 1 BB
J. Jackson
2BBatter of the game
2-for-4 · 1 HR · 1.850 OPS
D. Kremer
SPStarting pitcher
5.0 IP · 4 K · 6 ER · 7 H · 1 BB
How it ended
HOU beat BAL 9-8. Walker's play in the top 7th inning drove the biggest swing of the night (32pp).
Last play
End of the 9th inning
Win probability
BAL vs HOU
Clutch moments · top swings
ranked by WP impactCorrea · homered to left (391 feet), Peña scored.
Mountcastle · singled to center, Beavers scored and Holliday scored, Henderson to second.
Walker · homered to left (414 feet), Altuve scored.
Linescore (innings)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| BAL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Period scoring
HOU won 3 · BAL won 4
Inn 1
Correa 2
Cowser 2
Inn 2
Mountcastle 2
Inn 3
Caratini 2
Inn 4
Jackson 1
Inn 5
Cowser 1
Inn 6
Inn 7
Walker 2
Inn 8
Jackson 1
Inn 9
Play-by-play · 600 plays
End of the 9th inning
HOU 9·BAL 8
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Basallo grounded out to second.
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
−5pp
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Bryan Abreu pitches to Samuel Basallo
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Cowser grounded out to shortstop.BIG MOMENT
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
−7pp
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Bryan Abreu pitches to Colton Cowser
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Mountcastle struck out swinging.BIG MOMENT
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
−10pp
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Bryan Abreu pitches to Ryan Mountcastle
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Abreu relieved King
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Bottom of the 9th inning
HOU 9·BAL 8
Middle of the 9th inning
HOU 9·BAL 8
· ·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Sánchez grounded out to first.
· ·
HOU 9·BAL 8
+3pp
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
· ·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Pitch 2 : Ball 2
· ·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
· ·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Rico Garcia pitches to Jesus Sanchez
· ·
HOU 9·BAL 8
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
Altuve doubled to left.
·
HOU 9·BAL 8
−2pp
Team stats
HOU
Away
Stat
BAL
Home
9
Runs
8
11
Hits
9
1
Errors
1
25
TB
17
4
HR
2
2
BB
5
5
K
11
13
LOB
20
STATCAST · Tonight’s standouts
4 of 13 players in cohortPlayer projections
Per-player stat projections built from a recency-weighted blend of the last ten games, season average, and matchup context. Confidence reflects sample size and stability — the top of each list is who to watch.
127
projections · 91 high confidence
Strikeouts
Hits
Total bases
RBIs
Earned runs
Projections recompute every 30 minutes · prop lines plug in once sportsbook ingest lands
Model ensemble · how the prediction is built
Each sub-model uses a different rating substrate. Bayesian model averaging weights them by rolling Brier score so the ensemble inherits each model's strengths. Disagreement flags games where the sub-models don't see eye-to-eye — lower confidence, wider band.
49.9%
ensemble · HOU favored
Elo Static
50.7%
P(BAL win)
33%
weight
Elo Pitching
51.2%
P(BAL win)
32%
weight
Bullpen Park
51.6%
P(BAL win)
34%
weight
Disagreement
0.37 pp
weighted σ across sub-models
Confidence
98% · high
maps from disagreement
Substrate count
3 / 3 active
ones with full inputs tonight
Weights recalibrated nightly on a 90-day rolling window with strict point-in-time correctness — no model gets credit for a game it hasn't seen. Headline % is Platt-scaled per league; sub-model rows show raw BMA inputs.