Houston Astros at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

78-65, 35-33 Away

Final
11 - 0

Texas Rangers

73-70, 43-28 Home

Hunter Brown outduels Jacob deGrom as Astros rout Rangers 11-0

Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers: Game Highlights

The Astros (78-65) lead the AL West by 3 1/2 games over Seattle. The Rangers (73-70) are 1 1/2 games behind the Mariners, who hold the league’s final wild card.

Hunter (11-7) threw 107 pitches to match his major league high, allowing four hits — all singles — and three walks while striking out eight. His 2.25 ERA is second in the American League to the 2.10 of Detroit’s Tarik Skubal.

DeGrom (11-7) allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings, his ERA rising to 2.78 – fourth in the AL. Texas’ lone All-Star selection has won one of his last seven starts.

DeGrom beat Brown 1-0 in their previous meeting on May 15, each pitching eight innings.

Walker homered in the third inning after previously going 0 for 13 with seven strikeouts against the two-time Cy Young winner. Alvarez’s homer in the fifth was his third in 11 games after missing 100 games because of a fractured right hand.

Walker added an RBI double and Alvarez an RBI single as Houston scored three in the eighth and five in the ninth.

Key moment Brown escaped a bases-loaded jam with one out in the second inning throwing 29 pitches. He struck out Ezequiel Duran and retired Josh Smith on a flyout.

Key stat Texas went 0 for 9 batting with runners in scoring position after going 1 for 14 Friday, the one being Dustin Harris’ walk-off single in the 12th inning.

Up next The Astros scratched RHP Luis Garcia to start Sunday's series finale in favor of LHP Framber Valdez (12-8, 3.40 ERA). He'll face Rangers LHP Patrick Corbin (7-9, 4.48).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Heim struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Osuna flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Jung lined out to left.
	9th Inning	VanWey relieved Murray
	9th Inning	Urías at second base.
	9th Inning	Correa grounded into fielder's choice to third, Dubón out at third.

Statistics

HOU		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	10
12	Strikeouts	11
11	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
44	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
25	Runners Left On Base	18
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
19	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
201	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
2	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
26	Total Bases	4
49	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
6	Extra Base Hits	0
10.2	Runs Created	0.2
.341	Batting Average	.129
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.591	Slugging Percentage	.129
.341	Secondary Average	.129
.408	On Base Percentage	.229
.999	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.358
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
9.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.2
73.5	Batter Rating	4.0
22.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.10	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.20
.250	Isolated Power	.000
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.36
.082	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
22.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
113.0	MLB Rating	58.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Globe Life Field

Location: Arlington, Texas
Attendance: 38,332 | Capacity:

2025 American League West Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	-	66	L1	0.5416667	78
Seattle	2.5	68	W2	0.5244755	75
Texas	4	70	W1	0.5138889	74
Los Angeles	10.5	76	W1	0.46853146	67
Athletics	12	78	L1	0.45833334	66

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