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Tucker, Altuve combine for 5 RBIs as Astros use big 7th inning to down Rangers, 9-2

HOUSTON (AP) Kyle Tucker doubled twice and had three RBIs and Jose Altuve added three hits and drove in two runs as the Houston Astros used a seven-run seventh inning to break a tie and coast to a 9-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday.

The Astros snapped a four-game skid and bounced back after allowing the Rangers to score their season high in a 12-8 win in the series opener.

Altuve said he hopes this game can help get the Astros on a roll after their early struggles.

“We as a team are very confident... this is the kind of team we are, we have done it before,” Altuve said. “I don't see why we can't start doing it again.”

It was tied at 2 and the bases were loaded with one out in the seventh when pinch-hitter Victor Caratini’s RBI single to right field off José Ureña (0-1) put the Astros on top.

Altuve followed with a double to the corner of left field to send two more home and push the lead to 5-2. Austin Pruitt took over and intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez before Tucker doubled to center field to score two more.

Houston made it 9-2 when Alvarez scored on a sacrifice fly by Yainer Diaz.

“That was great,” manager Joe Espada said. “That’s the offense that I’m used to seeing. When we get pitchers against the ropes, we've got to put them away and that’s exactly what we did today.”

Ronel Blanco, who threw a no-hitter in his season debut and pitched six scoreless innings Sunday, gave the Astros another solid start Saturday. He gave up two runs in the first inning before settling down to pitch five scoreless frames. He allowed five singles with three walks and five strikeouts.

It was a much-needed performance after Houston’s starters had allowed 31 earned runs with a 20.93 ERA across 13 1/3 innings in the last five games.

“It started with Blanco,” Espada said. “He set the stage and then our offense got some big hits.”

Texas starter Andrew Heaney yielded four hits and two runs while walking four in 3 2/3 innings.

“I’m fighting myself a little bit right now, mechanically, mentally, just having a hard time getting some traction, getting going,” he said. "So I’m just going to keep working.”

The Rangers loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh, but Bryan Abreu (1-1) struck out Evan Carter to escape the jam before Houston took the lead in the bottom of the inning.

Rookie Wyatt Langford had two hits and an RBI for Texas and Adolis García added two hits.

Houston’s José Abreu, who is hitting just .122 this season, had two hits with a double for his first multi-hit game this season and his first extra base hit of the year.

Blanco walked Evan Carter and García with two outs in the first before giving up his first run of the season on an RBI single by Josh Smith. Langford followed with a run-scoring single to push the lead to 2-0.

Abreu opened the fourth with a double and moved to third on a groundout by Jake Meyers before scoring on a groundout by Mauricio Dubón to cut the lead to 2-1.

Heaney then hit Altuve and Alvarez with pitches and was lifted for Jacob Latz. Tucker lined a double into center field to score Altuve and tie it at 2-2.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rangers: LHP Brock Burke was placed on the 15-day injured list Saturday after breaking his right hand punching a wall after a poor outing Friday night. … Pruitt had his contract selected from Triple-A Round Rock to take his spot on the roster. … INF Justin Foscue (left oblique strain) was transferred from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day list.

Astros: 3B Alex Bregman missed a second straight game with flu-like symptoms. … RHP Shawn Dubin (forearm strain) was reinstated from the 15-day injured list Saturday to take the spot of RHP Joel Kuhnel, who was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land.

UP NEXT

Texas RHP Nathan Eovaldi (1-0, 1.45 ERA) opposes RHP Cristian Javier (1-0, 1.10) in the series finale Sunday.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rangers TEX8-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Astros HOU5-11	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	X	9	14	0

Minute Maid ParkHouston, TX

W: B. Abreu (1-1)L: J. Urena (0-1)S: (0)

TEXRangers

HOUAstros

.R. BlancoRonel Blanco
P
6.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO, 93 P
.J. AltuveJose Altuve
2B
3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Semien 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.279	.371	.393	.765	2.0
C. Seager SS	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.308	.400	.404	.804	0.5
E. Carter LF	3	1	1	0	1	1	3	.244	.393	.422	.815	2.5
A. Garcia RF	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	.333	.400	.596	.996	4.0
J. Smith 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.314	.429	.371	.800	2.0
W. Langford DH	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	.263	.328	.316	.644	3.0
J. Heim C	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	.255	.283	.412	.695	0.0
A. Knizner C	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5
J. Walsh 1B	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	.250	.333	.354	.688	-1.5
L. Taveras CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.196	.275	.283	.557	1.0

HITTERS	AB
M. Semien 2B	4
C. Seager SS	3
E. Carter LF	3
A. Garcia RF	3
J. Smith 3B	4
W. Langford DH	4
J. Heim C	3
A. Knizner C	1
J. Walsh 1B	4
L. Taveras CF	3

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Altuve 2B	5	2	3	2	0	0	1	.365	.452	.635	1.087	10.0
Y. Alvarez LF	3	1	2	0	2	0	1	.328	.423	.574	.996	5.0
K. Tucker RF	3	1	2	3	2	0	2	.277	.365	.523	.888	10.0
Y. Diaz C	3	0	0	1	1	0	6	.305	.354	.492	.845	2.0
J. Pena SS	4	0	1	1	1	1	3	.333	.364	.444	.808	2.5
J. Singleton DH	5	1	2	0	0	1	7	.250	.344	.321	.665	2.5
J. Abreu 1B	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	.122	.196	.146	.342	6.0
J. Meyers CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	.235	.297	.441	.738	2.0
M. Dubon 3B	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.258	.281	.323	.604	1.0
a- V. Caratini PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.353	.353	.588	.941	2.0
G. Kessinger PR-3B	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1.0

HITTERS	AB
J. Altuve 2B	5
Y. Alvarez LF	3
K. Tucker RF	3
Y. Diaz C	3
J. Pena SS	4
J. Singleton DH	5
J. Abreu 1B	4
J. Meyers CF	5
M. Dubon 3B	3
a- V. Caratini PH	1
G. Kessinger PR-3B	1

a-singled for Dubon in the 7th

2B - M. Semien (4)
RBI - J. Smith (9), W. Langford (8)
2-Out RBI - J. Smith, W. Langford
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - E. Carter 2 (2)

2B - J. Altuve 2 (8), K. Tucker 2 (4), J. Abreu
SF - Y. Diaz
RBI - J. Altuve 2 (5), K. Tucker 3 (13), Y. Diaz (8), J. Pena (8), M. Dubon (6), V. Caratini (4)
2-Out RBI - K. Tucker, J. Pena
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - Y. Diaz 3 (3), J. Singleton 4 (4)

Outfield Assist - K. Tucker
DP - 2 (Altuve-Abreu; Pena-Altuve-Abreu)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
A. Heaney	3.2	4	2	2	4	1	6.75	1.58	0.5
J. Latz	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.92	2.0
J. Urena (L, 0-1)	1.1	6	5	5	1	1	4.22	1.22	-12.5
A. Pruitt	1.2	2	2	2	2	0	10.80	2.40	-1.0

PITCHERS	IP
A. Heaney	3.2
J. Latz	1.1
J. Urena (L, 0-1)	1.1
A. Pruitt	1.2

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
R. Blanco	6.0	5	2	2	3	5	0.86	0.71	13.5
B. Abreu (W, 1-1)	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	8.10	2.40	7.5
R. Montero	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.95	2.0
S. Dubin	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	4.0

PITCHERS	IP
R. Blanco	6.0
B. Abreu (W, 1-1)	1.0
R. Montero	1.0
S. Dubin	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - A. Heaney 79-42, J. Latz 21-16, J. Urena 22-17, A. Pruitt 25-14
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - A. Heaney 7-5, J. Latz 3-1, J. Urena 6-1, A. Pruitt 1-2
Batters Faced - A. Heaney 20, J. Latz 6, J. Urena 11, A. Pruitt 9

Pitches-Strikes - R. Blanco 93-57, B. Abreu 22-11, R. Montero 18-12, S. Dubin 15-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - R. Blanco 6-7, R. Montero 1-0
Batters Faced - R. Blanco 24, B. Abreu 6, R. Montero 3, S. Dubin 3

.R. BlancoRonel Blanco
P
6.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO, 93 P
.J. AltuveJose Altuve
2B
3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rangers TEX8-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Astros HOU5-11	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	X	9	14	0

Minute Maid ParkHouston, TX

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Semien 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.279	.371	.393	.765	2.0
C. Seager SS	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.308	.400	.404	.804	0.5
E. Carter LF	3	1	1	0	1	1	3	.244	.393	.422	.815	2.5
A. Garcia RF	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	.333	.400	.596	.996	4.0
J. Smith 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.314	.429	.371	.800	2.0
W. Langford DH	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	.263	.328	.316	.644	3.0
J. Heim C	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	.255	.283	.412	.695	0.0
A. Knizner C	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5
J. Walsh 1B	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	.250	.333	.354	.688	-1.5
L. Taveras CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.196	.275	.283	.557	1.0
Total	32	2	8	2	4	8	13	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
M. Semien 2B	4
C. Seager SS	3
E. Carter LF	3
A. Garcia RF	3
J. Smith 3B	4
W. Langford DH	4
J. Heim C	3
A. Knizner C	1
J. Walsh 1B	4
L. Taveras CF	3
Total	32

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Altuve 2B	5	2	3	2	0	0	1	.365	.452	.635	1.087	10.0
Y. Alvarez LF	3	1	2	0	2	0	1	.328	.423	.574	.996	5.0
K. Tucker RF	3	1	2	3	2	0	2	.277	.365	.523	.888	10.0
Y. Diaz C	3	0	0	1	1	0	6	.305	.354	.492	.845	2.0
J. Pena SS	4	0	1	1	1	1	3	.333	.364	.444	.808	2.5
J. Singleton DH	5	1	2	0	0	1	7	.250	.344	.321	.665	2.5
J. Abreu 1B	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	.122	.196	.146	.342	6.0
J. Meyers CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	.235	.297	.441	.738	2.0
M. Dubon 3B	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.258	.281	.323	.604	1.0
a- V. Caratini PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.353	.353	.588	.941	2.0
G. Kessinger PR-3B	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1.0
Total	37	9	14	9	7	2	25	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
J. Altuve 2B	5
Y. Alvarez LF	3
K. Tucker RF	3
Y. Diaz C	3
J. Pena SS	4
J. Singleton DH	5
J. Abreu 1B	4
J. Meyers CF	5
M. Dubon 3B	3
a- V. Caratini PH	1
G. Kessinger PR-3B	1
Total	37

a-singled for Dubon in the 7th

2B - M. Semien (4)
RBI - J. Smith (9), W. Langford (8)
2-Out RBI - J. Smith, W. Langford
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - E. Carter 2 (2)

2B - J. Altuve 2 (8), K. Tucker 2 (4), J. Abreu
SF - Y. Diaz
RBI - J. Altuve 2 (5), K. Tucker 3 (13), Y. Diaz (8), J. Pena (8), M. Dubon (6), V. Caratini (4)
2-Out RBI - K. Tucker, J. Pena
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - Y. Diaz 3 (3), J. Singleton 4 (4)

Outfield Assist - K. Tucker
DP - 2 (Altuve-Abreu; Pena-Altuve-Abreu)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
A. Heaney	3.2	4	2	2	4	1	6.75	1.58	0.5
J. Latz	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.92	2.0
J. Urena (L, 0-1)	1.1	6	5	5	1	1	4.22	1.22	-12.5
A. Pruitt	1.2	2	2	2	2	0	10.80	2.40	-1.0
Total	8.0	14	9	9	7	2	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
A. Heaney	3.2
J. Latz	1.1
J. Urena (L, 0-1)	1.1
A. Pruitt	1.2
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
R. Blanco	6.0	5	2	2	3	5	0.86	0.71	13.5
B. Abreu (W, 1-1)	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	8.10	2.40	7.5
R. Montero	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.95	2.0
S. Dubin	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	4.0
Total	9.0	8	2	2	4	8	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
R. Blanco	6.0
B. Abreu (W, 1-1)	1.0
R. Montero	1.0
S. Dubin	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - A. Heaney 79-42, J. Latz 21-16, J. Urena 22-17, A. Pruitt 25-14
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - A. Heaney 7-5, J. Latz 3-1, J. Urena 6-1, A. Pruitt 1-2
Batters Faced - A. Heaney 20, J. Latz 6, J. Urena 11, A. Pruitt 9

Pitches-Strikes - R. Blanco 93-57, B. Abreu 22-11, R. Montero 18-12, S. Dubin 15-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - R. Blanco 6-7, R. Montero 1-0
Batters Faced - R. Blanco 24, B. Abreu 6, R. Montero 3, S. Dubin 3

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

1ST INNING
Smith singled to shallow left center, Carter scored, Garcia to second 1 0
Langford singled to right, Garcia scored, Smith to third, Langford out at second 2 0
4TH INNING
Dubon grounded out to shortstop, Abreu scored 2 1
Tucker doubled to center, Altuve scored, Alvarez to third 2 2

1ST INNING
	Smith singled to shallow left center, Carter scored, Garcia to second	1	0
	Langford singled to right, Garcia scored, Smith to third, Langford out at second	2	0

4TH INNING
	Dubon grounded out to shortstop, Abreu scored	2	1
	Tucker doubled to center, Altuve scored, Alvarez to third	2	2


Caratini singled to right, Singleton scored, Abreu to third, Meyers to second	2	3
Altuve doubled to deep left, Meyers and Abreu scored, Kessinger to third	2	5
Tucker doubled to left center, Altuve and Kessinger scored, Alvarez to third	2	7
Diaz hit sacrifice fly to right, Alvarez scored, Tucker to third	2	8
Pena singled to right, Tucker scored	2	9

1ST INNING
Rangers
R. Blanco Pitching:
M. Semien: Ball, Semien flied out to center
C. Seager: Seager flied out to left
E. Carter: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Carter walked
A. Garcia: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Garcia walked, Carter to second
J. Smith: Smith singled to shallow left center, Carter scored, Garcia to second
W. Langford: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Langford singled to right, Garcia scored, Smith to third, Langford out at second
Middle of the 1st (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
A. Heaney Pitching:
J. Altuve: Foul, Strike swinging, Ball, Altuve flied out to deep left
Y. Alvarez: Ball, Alvarez singled to shallow right
K. Tucker: Foul, Ball, Ball, Alvarez to second on wild pitch, Foul, Ball, Ball, Tucker walked
Y. Diaz: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Foul, Diaz reached on fielder's choice to third, Alvarez out at third, Tucker to second
J. Pena: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Pena walked, Tucker to third, Diaz to second
J. Singleton: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Singleton grounded out to second
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Rangers
R. Blanco Pitching:
J. Heim: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Heim struck out swinging
J. Walsh: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Walsh struck out swinging
L. Taveras: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Taveras walked
M. Semien: Ball, Ball, Ball, Semien flied out to shallow shortstop
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
A. Heaney Pitching:
J. Abreu: Strike looking, Abreu grounded out to third
J. Meyers: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Meyers flied out to right
M. Dubon: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Dubon flied out to deep center
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Rangers
R. Blanco Pitching:
C. Seager: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Seager struck out swinging
E. Carter: Strike looking, Foul, Carter singled to right
A. Garcia: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Garcia grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, Carter out at second
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Astros
A. Heaney Pitching:
J. Altuve: Ball, Altuve singled to left
Y. Alvarez: Ball, Ball, Foul, Alvarez singled to right center, Altuve to second
K. Tucker: Tucker flied out to deep right, Altuve to third
Y. Diaz: Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Diaz walked, Alvarez to second
J. Pena: Pena flied out to shallow right
J. Singleton: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Singleton struck out looking
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Rangers
R. Blanco Pitching:
J. Smith: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Smith flied out to deep right
W. Langford: Ball, Strike swinging, Langford singled to shallow right
J. Heim: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul tip, Heim struck out on foul tip
J. Walsh: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Walsh struck out swinging
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Astros
A. Heaney Pitching:
J. Abreu: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Abreu doubled to deep right center
J. Meyers: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Ball, Meyers grounded out to second, Abreu to third
M. Dubon: Ball, Dubon grounded out to shortstop, Abreu scored
J. Altuve: Strike looking, Ball, Altuve hit by pitch
Y. Alvarez: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Alvarez walked, Altuve to second
Jacob Latz relieved Andrew Heaney
K. Tucker: Foul, Foul, Ball, Tucker doubled to center, Altuve scored, Alvarez to third
Y. Diaz: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Diaz grounded out to second
Seager fouled out to third, Hamilton to third on catcher O'Hoppe throwing error
5TH INNING
Rangers
R. Blanco Pitching:
L. Taveras: Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Taveras flied out to deep center
M. Semien: Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Semien grounded out to third
C. Seager: Ball, Foul, In play
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
J. Latz Pitching:
J. Pena: Foul, Pena grounded out to pitcher
J. Singleton: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Singleton singled to center
J. Abreu: Foul, Ball, Abreu flied out to deep center
J. Meyers: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Meyers grounded out to shortstop
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Rangers
R. Blanco Pitching:
E. Carter: Carter flied out to center
A. Garcia: Foul, Garcia singled to shallow left
J. Smith: Foul, Smith flied out to center
W. Langford: Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Foul, Langford grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Astros
Jose Urena relieved Jacob Latz
M. Dubon: Foul, Dubon grounded out to shortstop
J. Altuve: Altuve doubled to shallow left
Y. Alvarez: Alvarez flied out to deep center, Altuve to third
K. Tucker: Intentional ball, Intentional ball, Intentional ball, Tucker intentionally walked
Y. Diaz: Foul, Ball, Ball, Pickoff attempt to first, Strike looking, Ball, Diaz grounded out to second
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Rangers
Bryan Abreu relieved Ronel Blanco
J. Heim: Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Heim singled to right
J. Walsh: Walsh popped out to first
L. Taveras: Ball, Ball, Taveras lined out to left
M. Semien: Semien doubled to left, Heim to third
C. Seager: Strike (foul tip), Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Seager walked
E. Carter: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Carter struck out looking
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
J. Urena Pitching:
J. Pena: Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Pena struck out swinging
J. Singleton: Singleton reached on an infield single to shortstop
J. Abreu: Ball, Strike looking, Abreu singled to shallow right, Singleton to second
J. Meyers: Meyers reached on bunt single to pitcher, Singleton to third, Abreu to second
Victor Caratini hit for Mauricio Dubon
V. Caratini: Strike looking, Caratini singled to right, Singleton scored, Abreu to third, Meyers to second
Grae Kessinger ran for Victor Caratini
J. Altuve: Ball, Altuve doubled to deep left, Meyers and Abreu scored, Kessinger to third
Austin Pruitt relieved Jose Urena
Y. Alvarez: Ball, Ball, Intentional ball, Alvarez intentionally walked
K. Tucker: Foul, Ball, Tucker doubled to left center, Altuve and Kessinger scored, Alvarez to third
Y. Diaz: Diaz hit sacrifice fly to right, Alvarez scored, Tucker to third
J. Pena: Pena singled to right, Tucker scored
J. Singleton: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Singleton lined out to right
End of the 7th (7 Runs, 7 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Rangers
Grae Kessinger at third base
Rafael Montero relieved Bryan Abreu
A. Garcia: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Garcia singled to center
J. Smith: Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Ball, Smith lined out to right
W. Langford: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Langford grounded into double play second to first, Garcia out at second
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Astros
Andrew Knizner catching
J. Abreu: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Abreu walked
J. Meyers: Foul, Meyers lined out to left
G. Kessinger: Strike looking, Foul, Kessinger reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Abreu out at second
J. Altuve: Ball, Altuve lined out to second
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Rangers
Shawn Dubin relieved Rafael Montero
A. Knizner: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Knizner struck out looking
J. Walsh: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Walsh struck out swinging
L. Taveras: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Ball, Taveras lined out to center
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)