Game Thread: Rangers (59-43) @ Astros (58-44) – Jul 26, 2023 7:10 PM

Astros (58-44)	Rangers (59-43)

First Pitch: 7:10 PM at Minute Maid Park

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Rangers	Andrew Heaney (6-6, 4.58 ERA)	BSSW	105.3, KFLC (ES)
Astros	Framber Valdez (8-6, 2.94 ERA)	ATTH	KBME, TUDN/KLAT (ES)

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	Discord
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	/r/baseball Discord

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
TEX	0	0	2	4	7	0	0	0	0	13	17	0	8
HOU	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	0	5

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	3	0	0	0	0	0	.258
3B	Kessinger	2	0	0	0	0	1	.231
SS	Peña	4	1	2	0	0	1	.235
RF	Tucker	1	1	0	0	2	0	.304
CF	Meyers	1	0	0	0	0	1	.221
3B	Bregman	3	1	2	3	0	0	.256
2B	Dubón	1	0	0	0	0	0	.264
DH	Alvarez, Y	2	0	1	0	1	0	.279
1B	Abreu, J	4	0	0	0	0	0	.241
RF	McCormick	3	1	0	0	1	2	.278
LF	Julks	4	0	0	0	0	1	.255
C	Maldonado, M	1	0	0	0	0	1	.170
C	Diaz, Y	3	1	1	2	0	0	.263

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	3.2	8	6	6	2	1	80-45	3.29
Martinez, S	1.0	6	7	7	1	1	30-19	5.31
Montero	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	14-9	6.07
Mushinski	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	29-21	2.35
Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	14-9	4.50

TEX		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Semien	3	3	3	2	0	0	.280
2B	Smith, J	2	0	1	0	0	0	.212
SS	Duran, E	5	1	1	0	1	2	.291
1B	Lowe, N	4	2	2	3	2	0	.286
RF	García, Ad	5	1	1	4	0	1	.259
3B	Jung	5	0	2	0	0	1	.273
C	Heim	2	0	0	0	0	1	.280
C	Huff	3	1	1	1	0	1	.200
DH	Garver	4	1	2	0	1	0	.255
LF	Grossman	5	2	2	0	0	0	.225
CF	Taveras	5	2	2	3	0	0	.279

TEX	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Heaney	5.0	4	3	3	3	3	90-56	4.62
Leclerc	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	24-16	2.78
White	2.0	1	2	2	1	2	32-21	11.25

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Alex Bregman homers (17) on a fly ball to left field. Jeremy Pena scores. Kyle Tucker scores.	3-0
T3	Nathaniel Lowe homers (12) on a fly ball to right center field. Marcus Semien scores.	3-2
T4	Leody Taveras singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Mitch Garver scores. Robbie Grossman scores.	3-4
T4	Marcus Semien homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field. Leody Taveras scores.	3-6
T5	Sam Huff homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.	3-7
T5	Leody Taveras singles on a ground ball to left fielder Corey Julks. Robbie Grossman scores.	3-8
T5	Nathaniel Lowe walks. Leody Taveras scores. Marcus Semien to 3rd. Ezequiel Duran to 2nd.	3-9
T5	Adolis Garcia hits a grand slam (25) to left center field. Marcus Semien scores. Ezequiel Duran scores. Nathaniel Lowe scores.	3-13
B9	Yainer Diaz homers (12) on a fly ball to left field. Chas McCormick scores.	5-13

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, July 26 vs Rangers	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Texas, July 26 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, July 26 vs Rangers	0:11	Video
Fielding alignment for Texas, July 26 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Rangers at Astros – July 26, 2023	0:09	Video
Breaking down Alex Bregman's home run	0:10	Video
Measuring the stats on Nathaniel Lowe's home run	0:14	Video
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches	0:08	Video
The distance behind Marcus Semien's home run	0:15	Video
Andrew Heaney's outing against the Astros	0:22	Video
The distance behind Sam Huff's home run	0:10	Video
Alex Bregman belts a three-run home run to left field	0:23	Video
Kyle Tucker robs Leody Taveras of a home run	0:23	Video
Lowe belts a two-run home run to right-center	0:21	Video
Jose Altuve breaks his bat in half in the 3rd inning	0:09	Video
Leody Taveras knocks a two-run single to right field	0:24	Video
Semien belts a two-run home run to left-center field	0:27	Video
Sam Huff cranks a solo home run to left field	0:28	Video
Leody Taveras knocks an RBI single to left field	0:14	Video
Nathaniel Lowe draws bases-loaded walk in 5th	0:14	Video
Adolis Garcia belts a grand slam to left-center field	0:46	Video
Ezequiel Duran singles after review in the 5th inning	0:28	Video
Jonah Heim exits with an apparent injury	0:26	Video
Benches clear after Garcia, Maldonado exchange words	0:29	Video
García's grand slam leads Rangers' seven-run 5th	1:22	Video
Andrew Heaney whiffs three Astros	0:41	Video
Yainer Diaz homers (12) on a fly ball to left field. Chas McCormick scores.	0:39	Video
Owen White In play, out(s) to Grae Kessinger	0:12	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Heaney (7-6, 4.62 ERA)	Valdez, F (8-7, 3.29 ERA)

Attendance	Weather	Wind
	73°F, Roof Closed	0 mph, None

HP	1B	2B	3B
Mark Ripperger	Shane Livensparger	Dan Bellino	Phil Cuzzi

Game ended at 10:12 PM.

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