On a game that went wrong in many aspects for the Astros on Wednesday afternoon, they lost it 3-2 to the Arizona Diamondbacks. A sac fly by Ketel Marté walked them off the field in the bottom of the 10th inning to split the two-game series in the desert.
Framber Valdez struggled all day with control and had his shortest start since July 11, 2019. The left-hander gave up five walks, plunked Marté, and threw only 40 of his 75 pitches for strikes across three innings of two hits, one earned run, and three strikeouts.
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The Astros figured it out to keep things close despite the pitching disaster, but they couldn’t hit.