"Waldrep struggled with command in the fifth a little, issuing a walk and hitting a batter, but was absolutely eviscerated by BABIP, as two singles ended his outing and then another three singles against Dane Dunning hung another two runs around his neck. of the five Houston singles in the fifth, only one was hit over 100 MPH and only two had an xBA of above .500 (.530 and .580). It was simply horrendous BABIP."
"Hurston ended his outing with 4.2 innings pitches, 4 strikeouts, 2 walks, and 10 whiffs, with one home run allowed on 84 pitches thrown. Honestly, I'm inclined to call it a fine outing from Hurston. He didn't give up a ton of hard-hit balls, he recorded a respectable amount of strikeouts and walks, and he only allowed the one homer. He simply suffered from excruciating BABIP luck."
Hurston Waldrep began the outing well, allowing only a Victor Caratini single that was cut down by a Ronald Acuña throw. The Astros took a 2-0 lead in the third on a leadoff walk and a monster homer despite a spectacular play by Nacho at third. Houston added two runs in the fourth on four singles. Waldrep had command issues in the fifth and was undone by unusually damaging BABIP as several soft singles produced runs. He finished 4.2 innings with four strikeouts, two walks, 10 whiffs and one homer on 84 pitches. By mid-fifth, Houston had 11 hits and 10 runs on a .317 xBA while Atlanta had two hits on a .305 xBA. Dane Dunning yielded a Jose Altuve homer in the sixth, Ronald Acuña hit a homer in the sixth, and Eli White brought home Jurickson Profar with a two-run homer in the eighth.
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