Houston Astros vs Baltimore Orioles Match Player Stats On Jul 21, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jul 21, 2017

BALTIMORE -- Yuli Gurriel, Brian McCann and Colin Moran all homered, and starter Mike Fiers tossed seven solid innings as the Houston Astros took a big early lead and hung on for an 8-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.

Gurriel (4-for-5) hit a two-run shot in the first inning and McCann added a solo homer in the sixth. Moran, who had tripled earlier for his fourth major league hit, then belted a solo shot in the eighth and finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Gurriel ended up a triple short of the cycle with his career-best four hits.

Fiers (7-4) allowed one run on six hits in his seven innings of work. He struck out nine with just one walk and won his second straight start.

The Astros (64-32) banged out five runs on five hits off Baltimore starter Ubaldo Jimenez (4-6) in the first two innings. Jimenez allowed six runs on 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings as the Astros rolled to the early 5-0 lead and eventually stretched it to 8-1.

Jonathan Schoop and Mark Trumbo each had RBI singles for the Orioles (46-50), who made it interesting with a five-run ninth inning. Adam Jones added a two-run double in the ninth and, two batters later, Schoop (four RBIs) hit a three-run homer off Chris Devenski.

That made it 8-7, and Ken Giles came on one out later and struck out Trumbo for his 21st save.

Houston took a quick 3-0 lead in the first inning against Jimenez.

Carlos Beltran singled in Jose Altuve, who walked and stole second. Beltran's RBI came with two outs and was followed by Gurriel's two-run homer that just got over the left-field wall.

Jimenez eventually struck out the side but needed 29 pitches to do it as the Orioles fell behind early once more.

Houston struck again in the second when rookie Moran lined his first big-league triple, driving in Alex Bregman, who led off with a single. Moran scored on an Altuve groundout for a 5-0 lead.

Schoop lined an RBI single for the Orioles in the third, but Baltimore couldn't do much in the early innings.

NOTES: Orioles manager Buck Showalter said IF/OF Ryan Flaherty (right shoulder strain, 60-day DL) could go out on rehab work starting late next week. The Orioles need to see how he progresses until that point. ... Astros LHP Dallas Keuchel (neck soreness) will make a rehab start in the next few days with Tri-City (short-season Class A), according to Houston skipper A.J. Hinch. He hopes Keuchel can rejoin the team later on this road trip. ... The Astros will be without the services of bench coach Alex Cora in this series as he just became the father of twins.