Post Game Thread (Jul 14, 2024): Rangers (45-50) @ Astros (50-45)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	0	1	0	0	0	.306
3B	Bregman	4	0	1	0	0	1	.256
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	0	0	0	0	1	.296
C	Diaz, Y	4	0	0	0	0	1	.284
1B	Singleton	3	1	0	0	1	1	.242
SS	Peña	4	0	2	0	0	2	.274
CF	Meyers	4	1	2	1	0	0	.242
LF	Loperfido, J	3	0	0	1	1	1	.273
LF	Dubón	2	0	0	0	0	2	.278
RF	Cabbage	2	0	0	0	0	0	.239

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Blanco	6.0	2	2	2	2	5	90-52	2.56
Dubin	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	19-13	5.23
Montero	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	20-9	4.84
Martinez, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	8-7	2.42

TEX		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Semien	3	0	1	0	1	1	.242
SS	Seager	3	2	0	0	1	1	.270
3B	Smith	4	2	2	4	0	0	.293
LF	Langford	4	0	0	0	0	2	.254
RF	García, Ad	4	0	0	0	0	0	.211
1B	Lowe, N	2	0	0	0	2	1	.262
DH	Heim	4	0	0	0	0	2	.241
CF	Taveras	3	0	0	0	0	0	.228
C	Knizner	3	0	0	0	0	0	.148

TEX	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Scherzer	4.0	4	1	1	1	6	71-47	2.96
Sborz	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	20-17	2.89
Leclerc	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	25-16	3.95
Latz	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	7-5	3.28
Yates	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	12-8	1.05

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Josh Smith homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. Corey Seager scores.	0-2
B3	Jake Meyers homers (10) on a fly ball to left field.	1-2
T8	Josh Smith homers (10) on a fly ball to right field. Corey Seager scores.	1-4
B9	Joey Loperfido grounds out, first baseman Nathaniel Lowe to pitcher Kirby Yates. Jon Singleton scores. Jeremy Peña to 3rd.	2-4

Highlights

Description	Length
Ronel Blanco against the Rangers	0:11
Max Scherzer against the Astros	0:11
Bullpen availability for Houston, July 14 vs Rangers	0:07
Bullpen availability for Texas, July 14 vs Astros	0:07
Fielding alignment for Houston, July 14 vs Rangers	0:11
Bench availability for Houston, July 14 vs Rangers	0:07
Fielding alignment for Texas, July 14 vs Astros	0:11
Bench availability for Texas, July 14 vs Astros	0:07
Starting lineups for Rangers at Astros – July 14, 2024	0:09
Josh Smith: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Josh Smith's home run through bat tracking data	0:11
Jake Meyers' home run through bat tracking data	0:11
Breaking down Max Scherzer's pitches	0:04
Jake Meyers: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Breaking down Ronel Blanco's pitches	0:04
Ronel Blanco's outing against the Rangers	0:22
Josh Smith: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
A deep dive into Josh Smith's home run	0:11
Josh Smith's two-run homer (9)	0:22
Ronel Blanco K's Wyatt Langford	0:06
Seager to second after ball stuck in padding	0:37
Max Scherzer K's Jeremy Peña	0:11
Alex Bregman's catch in netting	0:28
Jake Meyers' solo homer (10)	0:28
Ronel Blanco snags sharp line drive	0:18
Alex Bregman grounds out, third baseman Josh Smith to first baseman Nathaniel Lowe.	0:12
Max Scherzer's six strikeouts	1:00
Josh Sborz escapes jam	0:12
Ronel Blanco's five strikeouts	1:06
Josh Smith's second two-run homer (10)	0:34
Jacob Latz K's Yordan Alvarez	0:06
Jose Altuve's diving stop	0:13

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Sborz (2-0, 2.89 ERA)	Blanco (9-4, 2.56 ERA)	Yates (16 SV, 1.05 ERA)

Game ended at 3:36 PM.