Fresh off a 16-4 Fourth of July beat down, the Atlanta Braves turned to southpaw Jaime Garcia in hopes of salvaging a series split against the AL West-leading Astros. Houston countered with young righty Joe Musgrove.
The scoring began early.
George Springer and Jose Altuve led off the game with singles to put runners on first and third. Josh Reddick struck out swinging to bring ex-Braves backstop Evan Gattis to the plate.
On the first pitch he saw, Gattis lifted a ball into shallow right-center.