Joe Ross held Houston off the board through four scoreless last week in West Palm Beach, Florida’s Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.
Astros’ hitters jumped on the Washington Nationals’ right-handed starter early this afternoon, however, scoring a run on three hits in a 17-pitch opening frame, adding two more in the second and another in the fifth in what ended up a 5-4 game in Houston’s favor when Koda Glover gave up his first run of the Spring in the ninth.
Ross vs the Astros: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 Ks, 76 P, 52 S.