Overview

• Rookie Cam Smith delivered his first career walk-off hit with a two-out, ninth-inning single off closer Jhoan Duran to lift Houston to a 3-2 victory.
• Hunter Brown struck out a career-high 12 batters over seven innings, maintaining a 1.88 ERA that ranks second in the American League.
• Yainer Diaz opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the third inning and Brooks Lee tied the game with a two-run shot in the fifth.
• The victory marked Houston’s fourth walk-off win of the season.
• Byron Buxton exited with a bruised left elbow and was replaced in center field by Harrison Bader in the seventh inning.