Houston Astros at Texas Rangers
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Langford and Burger homer in a four-run eighth as the Rangers beat the Astros 7-3
Langford’s leadoff homer and Burger’s three-run shot came off Bryan King (2-2) after the Astros had rallied from an early 3-0 deficit to tie the score in the seventh inning. Houston’s rally included Yordan Alvarez’s 200th career home run, his 30th of the season.
Langford hit a walk-off homer on Thursday night in a 7-6 win over the Los Angeles Angels hours after being reinstated from the injured list.
Cole Winn (5-2) retired all four batters he faced in the seventh and eighth innings for his second win in two nights.
The Rangers (48-46) lead the AL West by 1½ games over Seattle (47-48) and three games over the Astros (46-50). Houston has lost three of its last four games.
The Rangers took a 2-0 lead on Hunter Brown in the first inning and made it 3-0 in the fifth on Joc Pederson's home run.
Alvarez’s 455-foot shot to right field leading off the sixth was his sixth in five games at Globe Life Field this season and 18th in 35 career regular-season games at the park.
Texas starter Cal Quantrill allowed the one run on Alvarez’s homer, one of five hits, and walked one in a season-high six innings making his fourth consecutive start following 15 relief appearances. His 79 pitches were also a season high.
Houston tied the score at 3 in the seventh on Yainer Diaz’s two-run homer off Chris Martin.
Brown gave up three runs in six innings. The 2025 All-Star made his fifth start after missing 2½ months with a strained shoulder and matched a career high with five walks to go with four hits.
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Saturday night’s middle game of the series will match Astros RHP Peter Lambert (7-5, 3.26 ERA) against Rangers RHP Kumar Rocker (2-7, 3.95)
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Smith grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Altuve out at second. |
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9th Inning | Dezenzo struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Dezenzo hit for Wade Jr. |
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9th Inning | Altuve singled to center. |
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9th Inning | Alexander relieved Winn |
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8th Inning | Higashioka flied out to center. |
Statistics
 HOU |
 TEX |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 14 | Ground Balls | 11 |
| 2 | Strikeouts | 7 |
| 3 | Runs Batted In | 7 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 8 | Hits | 8 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
| 1 | Walks | 6 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 3 | Runs | 7 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 33 | At Bats | 30 |
| 2 | Home Runs | 3 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 14 | Runners Left On Base | 12 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 2 |
| 17 | Fly Balls | 12 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 1 |
| 121 | Pitches | 130 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 1 | Pinch At Bats | 2 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 14 | Total Bases | 19 |
| 34 | Plate Appearances | 36 |
| 324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 486.0 |
| 2 | Extra Base Hits | 5 |
| 3.4 | Runs Created | 6.8 |
| .242 | Batting Average | .267 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .424 | Slugging Percentage | .633 |
| .212 | Secondary Average | .567 |
| .265 | On Base Percentage | .389 |
| .689 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | 1.022 |
| 0.8 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.9 |
| 3.6 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 7.6 |
| 26.0 | Batter Rating | 50.0 |
| 16.5 | At Bats Per Home Run | 10.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.50 |
| 3.56 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.61 |
| .182 | Isolated Power | .367 |
| 0.50 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.86 |
| .029 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .167 |
| -.030 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .300 |
| 6.0 | Runs Produced | 14.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.4 | Patience Ratio | 0.8 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 80.5 | MLB Rating | 94.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Arlington, Texas
Attendance: 34,899 | Capacity:
2026 American League West Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
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| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png" class="logo-micro">Texas | 48 | 46 | .511 | - | W2 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/sea.png" class="logo-micro">Seattle | 47 | 48 | .495 | 1.5 | L4 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/hou.png" class="logo-micro">Houston | 46 | 50 | .479 | 3 | L2 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/ath.png" class="logo-micro">Athletics | 41 | 53 | .436 | 7 | L7 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/laa.png" class="logo-micro">Los Angeles | 38 | 57 | .400 | 10.5 | W1 |