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Semien's grand slam caps 6-run 7th, Rangers beat Astros 9-1

HOUSTON (AP) Marcus Semien hit a grand slam to cap a six-run seventh inning as the Texas Rangers beat the Astros 9-1 on Sunday night for their first series win at Houston in nearly five years.

The Rangers, who took two of three from the World Series champions, last won a series in Houston in July 2018 when Texas swept the Astros. Since that series, Texas had lost 10 straight series in Houston.

“This is a division series,” Semien said. “All of them count whether it’s the best team or the worst. All of them count in the division, and our goal is to win the division, so we need these games.”

Nathaniel Lowe doubled to lead off the seventh, tying his career high with an 11-game hitting streak. After an error by shortstop Jeremy Peña allowed Adolis García to reach, Josh Jung singled and Jonah Heim drew a bases-loaded walk to score Lowe.

Robbie Grossman followed with an RBI single to chase Astros starter Framber Valdez (1-2). Héctor Neris retired the next two batters before Semien’s grand slam to left field on an 0-2 pitch.

“I was definitely down in the hole,” Semien said. “I think it took me swinging and missing on the splitter to get a sense of where I really needed to start. … I got it exactly where I needed to get it, and of course this ballpark, short porch, so that was a bonus.”

Texas manager Bruce Bochy said the inning showed what the Rangers could do when they take advantage of a situation.

“Lowe started that inning, and we had some good at-bats,” Bochy said. “The whole order did something to put up that big number. Marcus topped it off. That’s what you’re hoping: Keep it close, then something like that happens where you break it open, and it couldn’t have worked out better for us.”

Heim added a sacrifice fly in the eighth, and Leody Taveras hit a two-run double.

Andrew Heaney permitted two hits over five shutout innings for Texas. He struck out four and walked three.

The Astros threatened in the seventh as Brock Burke (1-0) walked the bases loaded. Jonathan Hernández struck out the next two hitters but walked Alex Bregman to force in Peña, who doubled to start the inning. Will Smith induced a groundout from Yordan Alvarez to end the inning.

Houston manager Dusty Baker called the loss disappointing.

“They scored seven unearned runs,” Baker said. “We didn’t play very well. We made some mistakes in the field. We made some mistakes on the bases. We had some opportunities. The 0-2 grand slam really hurt. That was the major difference in the game.”

Valdez yielded five runs - one earned - and four hits with seven strikeouts in six innings. He retired 18 of the first 20 batters he faced before running into trouble in the seventh.

“He had the walk (to Heim) on a close pitch, and we left him in there because nobody throws a groundball double play better than Framber,” Baker said. “They hit two balls through the infield that could have been double-play balls. You’re trying to get a double play, and he’s the best double-play guy that I had on the team, and even in the bullpen.”

Mauricio Dubón stretched his career-long hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the fifth, but was thrown out trying to advance to second.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rangers: C Mitch Garver (left knee) will be “down a while,” Bochy said. Garver was placed on the injured list April 9.

Astros: OF Chas McCormick was out of the lineup for a second straight game after leaving Friday’s game with vision problems. Baker said McCormick wasn’t 100%, and he didn’t know if McCormick would be available on Monday. … OF Michael Brantley (right shoulder) took live batting practice, Baker said.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Bochy turned 68 on Sunday. He improved to 11-11 when managing on his birthday, including 8-5 in road games.

UP NEXT

Rangers: RHP Jacob deGrom (1-0, 4.32 ERA) starts Monday opposite Royals RHP Jordan Lyles (0-2, 5.19 ERA) in the opener of a three-game series at Kansas City.

Astros: RHP Cristian Javier (1-0, 4.24 ERA) starts Monday at home in the opener of a three-game series against Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (1-1, 1.35).

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rangers TEX9-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	9	8	0
Astros HOU7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2

Minute Maid ParkHouston, TX

W: B. Burke (1-0)L: F. Valdez (1-2)S: (0)
HR: TEX - M. Semien (29)

TEXRangers

HOUAstros

.F. ValdezFramber Valdez
P
6.0 IP, ER, 2 BB, 7 SO, 95 P
.A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney
P
5.0 IP, 3 BB, 4 SO, 88 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Semien 2B	5	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.279	.406	.686	10.0
E. Duran SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	-1.0
J. Smith SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.148	.361	.148	.509	0.0
N. Lowe 1B	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	.270	.313	.476	.790	3.5
A. Garcia RF	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	.200	.246	.367	.613	0.0
J. Jung 3B	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	.291	.339	.455	.794	4.0
J. Heim C	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	.282	.349	.487	.836	7.0
R. Grossman DH	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	.150	.239	.250	.489	4.5
L. Taveras CF	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	.133	.133	.200	.333	4.0
B. Thompson LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.222	.500	.722	-0.5
b- T. Jankowski PH-LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.350	.435	.550	.985	-1.0

HITTERS	AB
M. Semien 2B	5
E. Duran SS	4
J. Smith SS	1
N. Lowe 1B	5
A. Garcia RF	5
J. Jung 3B	4
J. Heim C	2
R. Grossman DH	3
L. Taveras CF	4
B. Thompson LF	2
b- T. Jankowski PH-LF	2

b-struck out for Thompson in the 7th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Dubon 2B	5	0	1	0	0	1	5	.340	.365	.400	.765	0.5
A. Bregman 3B	3	0	0	1	1	0	2	.194	.333	.306	.640	2.0
Y. Alvarez LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	4	.288	.397	.577	.974	0.0
J. Abreu 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.239	.282	.269	.550	0.0
K. Tucker RF	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.302	.441	.566	1.007	2.0
J. Pena SS	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	.227	.301	.409	.710	9.5
D. Hensley DH	3	0	0	0	1	2	3	.179	.273	.179	.452	0.0
J. Meyers CF	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.160	.276	.160	.436	2.0
M. Maldonado C	2	0	0	0	1	2	4	.206	.308	.324	.631	0.0
a- C. Salazar PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	1.0

HITTERS	AB
M. Dubon 2B	5
A. Bregman 3B	3
Y. Alvarez LF	4
J. Abreu 1B	4
K. Tucker RF	2
J. Pena SS	3
D. Hensley DH	3
J. Meyers CF	2
M. Maldonado C	2
a- C. Salazar PH	1

a-singled for Maldonado in the 9th

2B - N. Lowe (7), J. Jung (3), J. Heim (2), L. Taveras
HR - M. Semien (2)
RBI - M. Semien 4 (12), J. Heim 2 (8), R. Grossman (6), L. Taveras 2 (2)
2-Out RBI - M. Semien 4 (4), L. Taveras 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - R. Grossman, T. Jankowski

2B - J. Pena (6)
RBI - A. Bregman (7)
2-Out RBI - A. Bregman
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - A. Bregman, Y. Alvarez 2 (2), D. Hensley, J. Meyers

SB - J. Pena 3 (4)

Outfield Assist - A. Garcia
DP - (Jung-Semien-Lowe)

E - J. Abreu (2), J. Pena

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
A. Heaney	5.0	2	0	0	3	4	4.97	1.42	11.0
B. Burke (W, 1-0)	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	4.26	1.42	6.5
J. Hernandez	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	3.00	1.00	2.0
W. Smith (H, 4)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	1.35	0.75	1.0
J. Sborz	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.20	4.5

PITCHERS	IP
A. Heaney	5.0
B. Burke (W, 1-0)	1.0
J. Hernandez	0.2
W. Smith (H, 4)	0.2
J. Sborz	1.2

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
F. Valdez (L, 1-2)	6.0	4	5	1	2	7	0	1.80	1.16	12.5
H. Neris	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	3.68	1.23	1.5
R. Blanco	2.0	3	3	0	0	3	0	5.63	1.75	3.5

PITCHERS	IP
F. Valdez (L, 1-2)	6.0
H. Neris	1.0
R. Blanco	2.0

Pitches-Strikes - A. Heaney 88-50, B. Burke 28-16, J. Hernandez 15-8, W. Smith 20-11, J. Sborz 15-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - A. Heaney 5-6, B. Burke 2-0, W. Smith 1-0, J. Sborz 1-0
Batters Faced - A. Heaney 20, B. Burke 6, J. Hernandez 3, W. Smith 3, J. Sborz 5

Pitches-Strikes - F. Valdez 95-55, H. Neris 11-10, R. Blanco 37-24
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - F. Valdez 10-4, H. Neris 1-2, R. Blanco 1-2
Batters Faced - F. Valdez 25, H. Neris 4, R. Blanco 11

.F. ValdezFramber Valdez
P
6.0 IP, ER, 2 BB, 7 SO, 95 P
.A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney
P
5.0 IP, 3 BB, 4 SO, 88 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rangers TEX9-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	9	8	0
Astros HOU7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2

Minute Maid ParkHouston, TX

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Semien 2B	5	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.279	.406	.686	10.0
E. Duran SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	-1.0
J. Smith SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.148	.361	.148	.509	0.0
N. Lowe 1B	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	.270	.313	.476	.790	3.5
A. Garcia RF	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	.200	.246	.367	.613	0.0
J. Jung 3B	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	.291	.339	.455	.794	4.0
J. Heim C	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	.282	.349	.487	.836	7.0
R. Grossman DH	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	.150	.239	.250	.489	4.5
L. Taveras CF	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	.133	.133	.200	.333	4.0
B. Thompson LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.222	.500	.722	-0.5
b- T. Jankowski PH-LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.350	.435	.550	.985	-1.0
Total	37	9	8	9	1	2	11	16	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
M. Semien 2B	5
E. Duran SS	4
J. Smith SS	1
N. Lowe 1B	5
A. Garcia RF	5
J. Jung 3B	4
J. Heim C	2
R. Grossman DH	3
L. Taveras CF	4
B. Thompson LF	2
b- T. Jankowski PH-LF	2
Total	37

b-struck out for Thompson in the 7th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Dubon 2B	5	0	1	0	0	1	5	.340	.365	.400	.765	0.5
A. Bregman 3B	3	0	0	1	1	0	2	.194	.333	.306	.640	2.0
Y. Alvarez LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	4	.288	.397	.577	.974	0.0
J. Abreu 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.239	.282	.269	.550	0.0
K. Tucker RF	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.302	.441	.566	1.007	2.0
J. Pena SS	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	.227	.301	.409	.710	9.5
D. Hensley DH	3	0	0	0	1	2	3	.179	.273	.179	.452	0.0
J. Meyers CF	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.160	.276	.160	.436	2.0
M. Maldonado C	2	0	0	0	1	2	4	.206	.308	.324	.631	0.0
a- C. Salazar PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	1.0
Total	29	1	4	1	7	8	22	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
M. Dubon 2B	5
A. Bregman 3B	3
Y. Alvarez LF	4
J. Abreu 1B	4
K. Tucker RF	2
J. Pena SS	3
D. Hensley DH	3
J. Meyers CF	2
M. Maldonado C	2
a- C. Salazar PH	1
Total	29

a-singled for Maldonado in the 9th

2B - N. Lowe (7), J. Jung (3), J. Heim (2), L. Taveras
HR - M. Semien (2)
RBI - M. Semien 4 (12), J. Heim 2 (8), R. Grossman (6), L. Taveras 2 (2)
2-Out RBI - M. Semien 4 (4), L. Taveras 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - R. Grossman, T. Jankowski

2B - J. Pena (6)
RBI - A. Bregman (7)
2-Out RBI - A. Bregman
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - A. Bregman, Y. Alvarez 2 (2), D. Hensley, J. Meyers

SB - J. Pena 3 (4)

Outfield Assist - A. Garcia
DP - (Jung-Semien-Lowe)

E - J. Abreu (2), J. Pena

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
A. Heaney	5.0	2	0	0	3	4	4.97	1.42	11.0
B. Burke (W, 1-0)	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	4.26	1.42	6.5
J. Hernandez	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	3.00	1.00	2.0
W. Smith (H, 4)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	1.35	0.75	1.0
J. Sborz	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.20	4.5
Total	9.0	4	1	1	7	8	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
A. Heaney	5.0
B. Burke (W, 1-0)	1.0
J. Hernandez	0.2
W. Smith (H, 4)	0.2
J. Sborz	1.2
Total	9.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
F. Valdez (L, 1-2)	6.0	4	5	1	2	7	0	1.80	1.16	12.5
H. Neris	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	3.68	1.23	1.5
R. Blanco	2.0	3	3	0	0	3	0	5.63	1.75	3.5
Total	9.0	8	9	1	2	11	1	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
F. Valdez (L, 1-2)	6.0
H. Neris	1.0
R. Blanco	2.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - A. Heaney 88-50, B. Burke 28-16, J. Hernandez 15-8, W. Smith 20-11, J. Sborz 15-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - A. Heaney 5-6, B. Burke 2-0, W. Smith 1-0, J. Sborz 1-0
Batters Faced - A. Heaney 20, B. Burke 6, J. Hernandez 3, W. Smith 3, J. Sborz 5

Pitches-Strikes - F. Valdez 95-55, H. Neris 11-10, R. Blanco 37-24
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - F. Valdez 10-4, H. Neris 1-2, R. Blanco 1-2
Batters Faced - F. Valdez 25, H. Neris 4, R. Blanco 11

SCORING

ALL PLAYS


Heim walked, Lowe scored, Garcia to third, Jung to second	1	0
Grossman singled to shallow left, Garcia scored, Jung to third, Heim to second	2	0
Semien homered to left, Grossman, Heim and Jung scored	6	0
Bregman walked, Pena scored, Hensley to third, Meyers to second	6	1

8TH INNING
Heim flied out to deep right, Lowe scored, Jung to third 7 1
Taveras doubled to deep left, Grossman and Jung scored 9 1

8TH INNING
	Heim flied out to deep right, Lowe scored, Jung to third	7	1
	Taveras doubled to deep left, Grossman and Jung scored	9	1

1ST INNING
Rangers
F. Valdez Pitching:
M. Semien: Semien lined out to right
E. Duran: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Duran struck out swinging
N. Lowe: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Lowe struck out swinging
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
A. Heaney Pitching:
M. Dubon: Dubon flied out to right
A. Bregman: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Bregman grounded out to third
Y. Alvarez: Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Alvarez singled to shallow right
J. Abreu: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Abreu grounded out to shortstop
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Rangers
F. Valdez Pitching:
A. Garcia: Garcia grounded out to third
J. Jung: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul tip, Jung struck out on foul tip
J. Heim: Ball, Ball, Strike (foul tip), Ball, Strike swinging, Heim doubled to left center
R. Grossman: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Grossman struck out swinging
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Astros
A. Heaney Pitching:
K. Tucker: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Tucker walked
J. Pena: Foul, Foul, Ball, Pena reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Tucker out at second
D. Hensley: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Hensley struck out looking
J. Meyers: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Pena stole second, Foul, Meyers flied out to right
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Rangers
F. Valdez Pitching:
L. Taveras: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Taveras grounded out to third
B. Thompson: Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Thompson struck out swinging
M. Semien: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Semien flied out to deep center
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
A. Heaney Pitching:
M. Maldonado: Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike (foul tip), Ball, Ball, Maldonado walked
M. Dubon: Dubon reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Maldonado out at second
A. Bregman: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Bregman flied out to deep center
Y. Alvarez: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Strike looking, Alvarez struck out looking
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Rangers
F. Valdez Pitching:
E. Duran: Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Duran struck out swinging
N. Lowe: Strike looking, Lowe flied out to right
A. Garcia: Garcia grounded out to catcher
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
A. Heaney Pitching:
J. Abreu: Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Abreu flied out to deep center
K. Tucker: Ball, Strike looking, Tucker flied out to deep center
J. Pena: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Pena hit by pitch
D. Hensley: Ball, Strike looking, Pena stole second, Ball, Pena stole third, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Hensley struck out swinging
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Rangers
F. Valdez Pitching:
J. Jung: Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Jung struck out swinging
J. Heim: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Heim walked
R. Grossman: Grossman fouled out to right
L. Taveras: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Taveras grounded out to catcher
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
A. Heaney Pitching:
J. Meyers: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Meyers walked
M. Maldonado: Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Maldonado struck out swinging
M. Dubon: Strike looking, Pickoff attempt, Foul, Dubon singled to shallow right, Meyers to third, Dubon out at second
A. Bregman: Ball, Ball, Bregman flied out to right
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Rangers
F. Valdez Pitching:
B. Thompson: Ball, Thompson grounded out to second
M. Semien: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Semien grounded out to third
E. Duran: Duran grounded out to second
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
Brock Burke relieved Andrew Heaney
Y. Alvarez: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Alvarez struck out swinging
J. Abreu: Ball, Foul, Ball, Abreu grounded out to shortstop
K. Tucker: Strike looking, Tucker grounded out to shortstop
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Rangers
F. Valdez Pitching:
N. Lowe: Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Lowe doubled to right
A. Garcia: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Garcia safe at first on shortstop Pena throwing error
J. Jung: Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Jung singled to left, Lowe to third, Garcia to second
J. Heim: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Heim walked, Lowe scored, Garcia to third, Jung to second
R. Grossman: Grossman singled to shallow left, Garcia scored, Jung to third, Heim to second
Hector Neris relieved Framber Valdez
L. Taveras: Ball, Foul, Taveras flied out to shallow shortstop
Travis Jankowski hit for Bubba Thompson
T. Jankowski: Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Jankowski struck out swinging
M. Semien: Strike swinging, Foul, Semien homered to left, Grossman, Heim and Jung scored
E. Duran: Strike looking, Duran grounded out to pitcher
Middle of the 7th (6 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
Josh H. Smith at shortstop
Travis Jankowski in left field
J. Pena: Foul, Pena doubled to right
D. Hensley: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike (foul tip), Ball, Ball, Ball, Hensley walked
J. Meyers: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Meyers walked, Pena to third, Hensley to second
Jonathan Hernandez relieved Brock Burke
M. Maldonado: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Maldonado struck out looking
M. Dubon: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Dubon struck out swinging
A. Bregman: Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Bregman walked, Pena scored, Hensley to third, Meyers to second
Will Smith relieved Jonathan Hernandez
Y. Alvarez: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Alvarez reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Meyers out at third
End of the 7th (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error)
8TH INNING
Rangers
Ronel Blanco relieved Hector Neris
N. Lowe: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Lowe safe at first on 1st baseman Abreu fielding error
A. Garcia: Foul, Pickoff attempt, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Garcia struck out swinging
J. Jung: Jung doubled to left, Lowe to third
J. Heim: Heim flied out to deep right, Lowe scored, Jung to third
R. Grossman: Ball, Grossman hit by pitch
L. Taveras: Taveras doubled to deep left, Grossman and Jung scored
T. Jankowski: Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Jankowski struck out swinging
Middle of the 8th (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Astros
W. Smith Pitching:
J. Abreu: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Abreu popped out to third
K. Tucker: Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Tucker walked
Josh Sborz relieved Will Smith
J. Pena: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Pena struck out swinging
D. Hensley: Ball, Hensley lined out to right
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error)
9TH INNING
Rangers
R. Blanco Pitching:
M. Semien: Ball, Semien singled to deep left
J. Smith: Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Smith flied out to right
N. Lowe: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Lowe lined out to center
A. Garcia: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Garcia struck out swinging
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Astros
J. Sborz Pitching:
J. Meyers: Meyers popped out to first
Cesar Salazar hit for Martin Maldonado
C. Salazar: Foul, Ball, Ball, Salazar singled to deep center
M. Dubon: Foul, Dubon grounded into double play third to second to first, Salazar out at second
End of the 9th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)