Houston Astros at Philadelphia Phillies

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Houston Astros

70-62, 35-33 Away

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0 - 5

Philadelphia Phillies

78-54, 44-23 Home

Nola tosses 7 shutout innings, Castellanos hits 3-run homer in Phillies' 5-0 win over Astros

“I think we're playing better baseball,” manager Rob Thomson said, “and I'll leave it at that.”

Nola (12-6) earned a needed win after going winless in his last seven starts, a span that included five no-decisions and two losses. The right-hander last won a game on July 11, against the Dodgers. Nola struck out two in the first inning, getting his 56th career win at Citizens Bank Park off to a fast start.

Nola moved into heady company in the record book with some of Philadelphia’s franchise greats. His 56 wins at CBP ties him with former Phillies ace Cole Hamels for most in the 21 seasons at the ballpark. He also passed Curt Schilling and moved into seventh on the franchise's career wins list with 102.

“It's pretty cool,” Nola said. “Curt was an unbelievable pitcher. It's cool to be up there with him and those guys. That's all good stuff at the end of the day but I just want to win for the team.”

Nola earned a rousing standing ovation from the crowd of almost 40,000 fans after he finished the seventh. He struck out six and walked one over his 102 pitches. The Phillies have won a franchise-record 30 straight games when the starter goes at least seven innings. It's the second-longest streak in baseball history.

José Ruiz and Tanner Banks each tossed a scoreless relief inning.

Nola had the run support he needed after the Phillies scored four times off Justin Verlander (3-4) in the third inning.

Trea Turner poked a single to right that scored Austin Hays, who opened with a leadoff double. A night after his RBI single in the 10th inning off Houston closer Josh Hader won the game, Bryce Harper sliced a single to left that set the stage for Castellanos. Castellanos hit a curveball into the left field seats for his 18th homer of the year and a 4-0 lead.

“I think the consistency of my work has put me continuously in a good spot,” Castellanos said.

Alec Bohm added an RBI single in the seventh.

At 41 years, 189 days, Verlander is the oldest active pitcher in the major leagues. While the three-time Cy Young Award winner missed this season with neck stiffness and right shoulder inflammation, he remained a pivotal part of the rotation as Houston chases an AL West crown.

Verlander struck out three, walked one, allowed four runs and gave up seven hits in five innings.

“Outside of the third inning, I thought he threw really well,” Astros manager Joe Espada said. “He just left some pitches out over the plate in the third. His stuff was pretty good. Strong five innings, which we needed.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Phillies LHP José Alvarado was expected to return this season after he was placed a day earlier on the restricted list for a personal matter. The 29-year-old Alvarado has a 4.30 ERA in 56 appearances this season. He has converted 13 of 16 save opportunities.

The Astros send RHP Spencer Arrighetti (6-11, 4.94 ERA) to the mound against Phillies RHP Taijuan Walker (3-5, 6.26 ERA). Walker has lost his last eight starts and hasn't won a game since May 22.

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Matchup Prediction

Phillies: 59.2%

Astros: 40.8%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Dezenzo grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Dezenzo hit for Gamel
	9th Inning	Peña grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Whitcomb lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Banks relieved Ruiz
	9th Inning	Rojas in center field.

Statistics

HOU		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	9
8	Strikeouts	8
0	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
15	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
131	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	17
34	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	4
0.9	Runs Created	5.5
.182	Batting Average	.324
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.182	Slugging Percentage	.500
.061	Secondary Average	.235
.206	On Base Percentage	.343
.388	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.843
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
0.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.2
7.0	Batter Rating	41.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.85	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.74
.000	Isolated Power	.176
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
-.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.088
0.0	Runs Produced	10.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
62.8	MLB Rating	89.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0