Major League Baseball
Houston Astros
2
Texas Rangers
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Adrian Beltre homered at home for the first time in more than a month, and the Texas Rangers stayed close in the wild-card race, beating Houston 3-2 on Tuesday night and sending the Astros to their 11th straight loss.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (bunted foul)
A Beltre homered to left center.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Dominguez homered to left.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
I Kinsler singled to left, C Gentry scored, I Kinsler out stretching at second.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 1 (foul)
G Soto singled to right, A Beltre scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Middle of the 9th
J Altuve popped out to first.
Pitch 7: in play
Pitch 6: ball 2
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Altuve batting
J Villar struck out swinging.
Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Villar batting
B Barnes struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
Pitch 1: ball 1
B Barnes batting
J Nathan relieved J Frasor.
Top of the 9th inning
A Pierzynski grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, A Beltre out at second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
A Pierzynski batting
A Beltre hit by pitch.
Pitch 3: in play
A Rios safe at third on throwing error by catcher C Corporan.
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TEX wins series 3-0
Ian Kinsler2B3
Elvis AndrusSS18
Alex RiosRF15
Adrian Beltre3B29
A.J. PierzynskiDH15
Geovany SotoC18
Mitch Moreland1B18
Craig GentryLF71
Leonys MartinCF17
Jonathan VillarSS19
Jose Altuve2B27
Marc Krauss1B61
Matt Scott Dominguez3B28
Chris CarterDH48
Trevor CroweRF63
Brett Wallace1B39
Carlos CorporanC17
Brandon BarnesCF90
Brandon Laird1B34
Jake ElmoreLF68
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