Texas Rangers at Houston Astros
· Major League Baseball
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Wyatt Langford and Adolis García HRs help Rangers to a 7-3 victory over Astros
The Rangers jumped on Lance McCullers Jr. (2-4) early. There were two outs with the bases loaded in the first when Evan Carter’s single to right field knocked in a pair to put the Rangers up 2-0.
The AL West-leading Astros cut the deficit to 2-1 when Cam Smith scored on a groundout in the bottom of the inning.
García homered for a second straight game with one out in the third that made it 3-1. Carter walked with two outs before a single from Jake Burger. Jonah Heim’s double to right field scored them both to extend the lead to 5-1.
McCullers allowed six hits and five runs in three innings as Houston’s losing streak reached a season-high four games.
Langford’s blast came with two outs in the seventh to push the lead to 7-3.
Jack Leiter (5-6) yielded five hits and three runs while striking out six in 5 1/3 innings.
Christian Walker singled to open Houston’s fourth before Victor Caratini’s home run to right field got the Astros within 5-3.
Burger was replaced in the middle of the sixth inning with discomfort in his left quad.
Houston’s top prospect, second baseman Brice Matthews, went 0 for 4 with with three strikeouts in his major league debut.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Paredes struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Hummel grounded out to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | Hummel hit for Trammell |
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9th Inning | Matthews flied out to left. |
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9th Inning | R. Garcia relieved Martin |
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9th Inning | Duran grounded out to shortstop. |
Statistics
 TEX |
 HOU |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 9 | Ground Balls | 8 |
| 12 | Strikeouts | 10 |
| 7 | Runs Batted In | 3 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 13 | Hits | 8 |
| 2 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
| 4 | Walks | 4 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 7 | Runs | 3 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 38 | At Bats | 33 |
| 2 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 18 | Runners Left On Base | 17 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 1 | Doubles | 1 |
| 17 | Fly Balls | 15 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 183 | Pitches | 142 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 20 | Total Bases | 12 |
| 43 | Plate Appearances | 37 |
| 324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 3 | Extra Base Hits | 2 |
| 8.3 | Runs Created | 4.0 |
| .342 | Batting Average | .242 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .526 | Slugging Percentage | .364 |
| .342 | Secondary Average | .273 |
| .419 | On Base Percentage | .324 |
| .945 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .688 |
| 0.5 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.5 |
| 8.6 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 4.1 |
| 51.0 | Batter Rating | 26.0 |
| 19.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 33.0 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 4.26 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.84 |
| .184 | Isolated Power | .121 |
| 0.33 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.40 |
| .093 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .108 |
| .000 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .030 |
| 14.0 | Runs Produced | 6.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.6 | Patience Ratio | 0.4 |
| 0.5 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 98.5 | MLB Rating | 77.5 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
