Pittsburgh at Houston — MLB February 28, 2026

5 – 2

Final 6

The Ballpark of the Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, FL

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	3	2				5	6	0
HOU	0	0	0	1	1	0				2	4	2

Decisions

Win B. Chandler PIT

1.1 IP · 3 H · 2 ER · 2 K · 4.02 ERA

Loss J. Murray HOU

1.0 IP · 3 H · 3 ER · 1 K · 1.54 ERA

Save D. Diamond PIT

0.2 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 1 K

Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	PIT	HOU
Bottom 4th Brice Matthews singled to shallow center, Cam Smith to second, Christian Walker to third, Carlos Correa scored	0	1
Top 5th Oneil Cruz homered (365 ft.) to deep right, Alika Williams scored, Billy Cook scored	3	1
Bottom 5th Isaac Paredes homered (386 ft.) to deep left center	3	2
Top 6th Billy Cook singled to center, Nick Yorke scored	4	2
Top 6th Alika Williams singled to center, Esmerlyn Valdez to second, Billy Cook scored	5	2

Closing line

		Open	Close
money	PIT	+144	+119
money	HOU	-176	-139

Box score

Pittsburgh

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
O. Cruz CF	3	1	1	3	0	1	.200
N. Cimillo PH-1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	–
M. Ozuna DH	3	0	2	0	0	1	.232
S. Horwitz 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.272
P. Hilson CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
N. Yorke 2B	3	1	0	0	0	1	.232
J. Triolo SS	2	0	0	0	1	1	.227
R. Flores Jr. C	3	0	0	0	0	3	.200
B. Cook LF	2	2	1	1	1	1	.333
E. Valdez RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	–
A. Williams 3B	3	1	1	1	0	0	–
Totals		5	6		2	9

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
B. Ashcraft	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	38
B. Chandler W	1.1	3	2	2	3	2	45
D. Diamond S	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	10

Houston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Peña SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.304
I. Paredes DH	2	1	1	1	1	1	.254
C. Correa 3B	1	1	0	0	2	0	.276
J. Winkler PR-3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
C. Walker 1B	2	0	0	0	1	0	.238
C. Price 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
C. Smith CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	.236
T. Trammell RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.197
J. Sullivan RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
Z. Dezenzo LF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.245
B. Matthews 2B	2	0	2	1	0	0	.167
C. Salazar C	2	0	0	0	0	1	.231
C. Perez C	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
Totals		2	4		4	5