Cam Smith hits ninth‑inning go‑ahead homer, Astros beat Phillies 2-1

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Cam Smith launched a 421-foot, ninth-inning solo off Jhoan Duran to give the Houston Astros a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The homer, hit 31 degrees at 105.7 mph off a 98.5 mph splitter with 1608 rpm, was Smith's 20th of the season and put Houston ahead with one out in the ninth. Christian Javier worked six innings in the start and Bryan Abreu closed effectively, and the Astros took two of three games in the series at Citizens Bank Park. The victory moved Houston to 75-72 and came before a reported crowd of 38,642. The blast was the second homer allowed by Jhoan Duran this season and makes Smith the sixth Astros player to reach 20 homers at age 23 or younger.

Chandler Rome

@chandlerrome.bsky.social

Cam Smith is the sixth player in Astros history to hit 20 home runs in his age-23 or younger season. Carlos Correa and César Cedeño did it three times apiece. Yordan Alvarez, Matt Dominguez and Jim Wynn did it once.

313h ago

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Peach's Mom ❌👑4

Wow, impressive feat by Cam! #Astros

Matt Gelb

@mattgelb.bsky.social

Astros 2, Phillies 1. That's the second game in five days the Phillies have lost with Jhoan Duran pitching. They wasted another strong Zack Wheeler outing.

333h ago

gwen howerton

@kissphoria.bsky.social

*chandler rome voice* The Astros won 2-1. They are 75-72. Cam Smith homered. Christian Javier went six innings. Bryan Abreu was filthy. The team went 0-5 with runners in scoring position. The Astros took two out of three from the Phillies

253h ago

Stephen aka Spike Stonehand4

*tyler stafford voice* (to the tune of Roxanne) Cristian! You don't have to pitch for a third time Those days are over You don't have to see Harper more than twice

Rational Astros3

Idk this was borderline complementary

Jorvorskie Layne's1

Got his ass with that impression

Ben DuBose

@bendubose.bsky.social

For all Dana Brown's mistakes, that Kyle Tucker trade was a masterclass. Paredes by himself has been a better player the last two seasons, and that's before factoring in Cam Smith and Wesneski

2323h ago

kwisatz haderade (#FreeSkylar)

@booksandbows.bsky.social

i think me not screaming “camshot!!!” after the cam smith homer last night was an incredible display of restraint btw

20Yesterday

kwisatz haderade (#FreeSkylar)5

ya gotta moderate with children present unfortunately

SW(rath 🌈🖕🏻)2

You should start a campaign to make his nickname Camboy (don’t do that)

Matt1

He’s hit 18 homers and I’m so upset that I hadn’t thought of or heard this before.

Cody1

I meant to ask if you were worried you were going to ruin his save% last night after the start of the inning lol

Phillies Nation

@philliesnation.bsky.social

Big win for the Phillies as Schwarber delivers in yet another huge spot. "We kept finding ways to keep responding." philliesnation.com/2026/09/phil...

1820h ago

Duchess of Doom

@kilagreene.myatproto.social

Reports of Cam Smith’s demise might have been slightly exaggerated. #Astros

173h ago

Clutch4

Two days ago at the bar I looked up and his average was .213 and I fairly loudly said “what the fuck man? Get it together” and he’s homered three times since then.

DocBites1

He’s hella better than anyone else they replace him with

Michael Baumann

@baumann.bsky.social

The first two games of this Phillies-Astros series were both terrific. You're not gonna tell your kids where you were or anything but getting 95th percentile fun games on back-to-back nights was very enjoyable.

1519h ago

DingerTV

@dinger.tv

GO-AHEAD HOME RUN Cam Smith (20) 🔥🔥🔥 421 ft (31°, 105.7 mph) off Jhoan Duran (98.5 mph Splitter, 1608 rpm) HOU 2-PHI 1 (T9, 0-0, 1 out) https://www.mlb.com/video/jhoan-duran-in-play-run-s-to-cam-smith-x0891

73h ago

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Peach's Mom ❌👑4

This HR by Cam was massive and won the game. #Astros

Jack McLaury

@holzgeist.bsky.social

Well, that was a good game. #Astros ride a quality start by Wesneski to squeak by the #Phillies 6-5. The trade for Wesneski, Cam Smith, and Paredes for one year of Kyle Tucker looks better all the time. I still root for Tucker, but this was a great trade for Houston.

9Yesterday

Astrosoup Dumpling

@heybrendan.bsky.social

Cam Smith running through the stop sign is quite funny. I'm still behind live. Let's go! #Astros up 4-0

11Yesterday

Dome Dogs’ Car Helmet

@foreverdickiethon.bsky.social

CAM MOTHERFUCKING SMITH IS HIS BIRTH NAME HIS MAMA NAMED HIM THAT #Astros

823h ago

MLB

@mlbbot.bsky.social

The @Astros take the lead on Cam Smith's 3rd homer in as many games!

53h ago

The Good Phight

@thegoodphight.bsky.social

If you Didn’t have School or Work Today, this Game did not make you More Productive or Smarter: Astros 2, Phillies 1 From @anthonyesbensen.bsky.social www.thegoodphight.com/philadelphia...

73h ago

Tim Kelly

@timkellysports.bsky.social

38,642 is the attendance tonight at Citizens Bank Park for Astros-Phillies. They've seen a wild one.

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