Post Game Thread (Sep 4, 2023): Astros (78-61) @ Rangers (76-61)

Line Score – Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
HOU	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	2	13	16	0	8
TEX	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	9	2	7

Box Score

TEX		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Semien	4	1	0	0	1	1	.271
SS	Seager	5	2	3	3	0	0	.345
1B	Lowe, N	5	0	0	0	0	2	.278
RF	García, Ad	5	1	1	0	0	2	.246
DH	Garver	3	1	2	2	1	0	.286
C	Heim	4	0	1	0	0	0	.268
LF	Grossman	2	0	0	0	1	2	.236
LF	Jankowski	1	0	0	0	0	0	.271
3B	Smith, J	3	1	1	1	1	0	.199
CF	Taveras	4	0	1	0	0	2	.262

TEX	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Heaney	4.2	5	3	3	4	1	88-52	4.22
Otto	1.1	3	2	2	0	1	16-12	10.13
Sborz	0.2	5	6	5	2	0	36-22	5.80
Pérez, M	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	29-18	4.88
Hedges	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	7-5	10.80

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	6	3	4	2	0	0	.316
SS	Peña	6	1	2	1	0	0	.260
DH	Alvarez, Y	3	1	0	0	3	0	.289
3B	Bregman	4	1	4	2	1	0	.272
3B	Kessinger	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194
RF	Tucker	4	1	1	0	1	0	.289
CF	Meyers	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227
1B	Abreu, J	4	1	0	1	1	0	.232
RF	McCormick	4	1	2	1	0	1	.284
C	Diaz, Y	5	2	1	3	0	2	.283
LF	Dubón	5	2	2	2	0	0	.274

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
France, J	5.0	6	5	5	3	5	87-57	3.72
Montero	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	9-7	5.06
Abreu, B	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	9-6	2.00
Neris	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	18-11	1.86
Stanek	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	11-6	4.07
Maton, P	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	14-10	3.30

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Corey Seager homers (27) on a fly ball to right center field. Marcus Semien scores.	2-0
B3	Mitch Garver singles on a ground ball to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. Adolis Garcia scores.	3-0
T5	Jeremy Pena singles on a ground ball to right fielder Adolis Garcia. Yainer Diaz scores. Jose Altuve to 3rd.	3-1
T5	Alex Bregman singles on a ground ball to center fielder Leody Taveras. Jose Altuve scores. Jeremy Pena scores. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd.	3-3
B5	Corey Seager homers (28) on a fly ball to center field.	4-3
T6	Mauricio Dubon homers (8) on a fly ball to left field.	4-4
T6	Jose Altuve homers (11) on a fly ball to left center field.	4-5
B6	Mitch Garver homers (16) on a fly ball to left center field.	5-5
T7	Jose Abreu walks. Yordan Alvarez scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd. Kyle Tucker to 2nd.	5-6
T7	Chas McCormick reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by shortstop Corey Seager. Alex Bregman scores. Kyle Tucker scores. Jose Abreu to 3rd. Fielding error by shortstop Corey Seager.	5-8
T7	Yainer Diaz homers (21) on a fly ball to left center field. Jose Abreu scores. Chas McCormick scores.	5-11
T9	Mauricio Dubon homers (9) on a fly ball to right center field.	5-12
T9	Jose Altuve homers (12) on a fly ball to center field.	5-13
B9	Josh H. Smith homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field.	6-13

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 4 vs Rangers	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Texas, September 4 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Texas, September 4 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Texas, September 4 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Bench availability for Houston, September 4 vs Rangers	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, September 4 vs Rangers	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Astros at Rangers – September 4, 2023	0:09	Video
The distance behind Mauricio Dubón's home run	0:15	Video
The distance behind Josh H. Smith's home run	0:08	Video
The distance behind Corey Seager's home run	0:10	Video
Breaking down Andrew Heaney's pitches	0:04	Video
Measuring the stats on Corey Seager's home run	0:14	Video
Measuring the stats on Mauricio Dubón's home run	0:10	Video
Measuring the stats on Jose Altuve's home run	0:11	Video
Breaking down J.P. France's pitches	0:04	Video
Mitch Garver: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:11	Video
J.P. France's outing against the Rangers	0:23	Video
The distance behind Yainer Diaz's home run	0:09	Video
Measuring the stats on Jose Altuve's home run	0:15	Video
Corey Seager ignites scoring off two-run homer in 1st	0:28	Video
Garver plates García with single to center in the 3rd	0:15	Video
Jeremy Peña puts Astros on board with single in 5th	0:25	Video
Corey Seager crushes a 453-foot homer vs. the Astros	0:29	Video
Alex Bregman plates a pair with two-run single in 5th	0:26	Video
Yainer Diaz over overturned call in 5th	0:29	Video
Corey Seager cranks a solo homer to center in 5th	0:28	Video
Rangers turn two in the 6th	0:29	Video
Mauricio Dubon homers on a fly ball to left in 6th	0:25	Video
Jose Altuve homers to left-center in 6th	0:27	Video
Mitch Garver goes yard to left-center in the 6th	0:29	Video
Corey Seager hammers two homers vs. Astros	0:57	Video
Jose Abreu walks with bases loaded in the 7th	0:07	Video
Astros score two on fielding error in the 7th	0:32	Video
Yainer Diaz launches three-run jack in the 7th	0:30	Video
Jose Altuve singles on a line drive to center in 7th	0:22	Video
Dubon and Altuve go back-to-back in the 6th	0:52	Video
Mauricio Dubon crushes second solo homer in the 9th	0:28	Video
Altuve belts second solo homer, adds insurance in 9th	0:27	Video
Smith trims Astros lead with solo homer in 9th	0:24	Video
Adolis Garcia grounds out, third baseman Grae Kessinger to first baseman Jose Abreu.	0:15	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Montero (3-3, 5.06 ERA)	Sborz (5-7, 5.80 ERA)

Game ended at 6:14 PM.