Post Game Thread (Oct 16, 2023): Rangers (90-72) @ Astros (90-72)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	5	0	0	0	0	2	.160
3B	Bregman	4	1	1	1	0	0	.217
RF	Tucker	4	0	0	0	0	1	.091
DH	Alvarez, Y	3	3	2	2	1	1	.391
1B	Abreu, J	3	0	0	0	1	2	.261
LF	Brantley	3	0	2	1	1	1	.357
CF	McCormick	4	0	1	0	0	1	.316
SS	Peña	4	0	0	0	0	0	.227
C	Maldonado, M	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143
C	Diaz, Y	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	2.2	7	5	4	1	6	64-42	11.57
Montero	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	15-9	0.00
France, J	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	38-22	0.00
Maton, P	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	7-3	0.00
Abreu, B	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	11-7	0.00
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	20-10	0.00

TEX		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Semien	5	1	2	0	0	2	.188
SS	Seager	5	1	1	0	0	2	.348
LF	Grossman	2	1	0	0	0	0	.125
LF	Carter	2	0	0	0	1	0	.350
RF	García, Ad	3	1	1	1	0	1	.258
DH	Garver	4	0	1	1	0	1	.278
C	Heim	4	1	1	1	0	2	.250
1B	Lowe, N	4	0	1	1	0	1	.167
3B	Jung	4	0	0	0	0	3	.333
CF	Taveras	2	0	1	0	2	0	.348

TEX	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Eovaldi	6.0	5	3	3	1	9	91-62	2.29
Sborz	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	15-9	0.00
Chapman	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	8-5	2.08
Leclerc	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	24-10	1.23

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Robbie Grossman reaches on a fielding error by pitcher Framber Valdez. Marcus Semien scores. Corey Seager to 3rd. Robbie Grossman to 2nd. Throwing error by pitcher Framber Valdez.	0-1
T1	Adolis Garcia singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Corey Seager scores. Robbie Grossman to 3rd.	0-2
T1	Mitch Garver singles on a line drive to left fielder Michael Brantley. Robbie Grossman scores. Adolis Garcia to 2nd.	0-3
T1	Nathaniel Lowe singles on a ground ball to left fielder Michael Brantley. Adolis Garcia scores. Mitch Garver to 2nd.	0-4
B2	Yordan Alvarez homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field.	1-4
T3	Jonah Heim homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.	1-5
B4	Alex Bregman homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.	2-5
B6	Michael Brantley doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Leody Taveras. Yordan Alvarez scores.	3-5
B8	Yordan Alvarez homers (6) on a fly ball to right field.	4-5

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Nathan Eovaldi against the Astros	0:09	Video
Framber Valdez against the Rangers	0:11	Video
Bullpen availability for Texas, October 16 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Houston, October 16 vs Rangers	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Texas, October 16 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Texas, October 16 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, October 16 vs Rangers	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Rangers at Astros – October 16, 2023	0:09	Video
The distance behind Yordan Alvarez's home run	0:11	Video
Measuring the stats on Jonah Heim's home run	0:10	Video
An animated look at Jonah Heim's home run	0:09	Video
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches	0:04	Video
The distance behind Alex Bregman's home run	0:14	Video
Breaking down Nathan Eovaldi's pitches	0:04	Video
Nathan Eovaldi's outing against the Astros	0:23	Video
The distance behind Yordan Alvarez's second home run	0:11	Video
García stamps home on an RBI single by Lowe	0:20	Video
Yordan Alvarez crushes a solo homer to right-center	0:29	Video
Adolis García does cartwheel after being hit by pitch	0:18	Video
The Rangers score four runs in the 1st inning	0:44	Video
Jonah Heim swats a solo home run to left field	0:29	Video
Alex Bregman hits a solo home run to left field	0:29	Video
Yordan Alvarez hits solo HR in Game 2 – Creator Cuts	0:47	Video
Jonah Heim mashes a solo homer – Creator Cuts	0:35	Video
Alex Bregman's ALCS Game 2 home run – Creator Cuts	0:37	Video
Nathan Eovaldi escapes a bases-loaded jam	0:10	Video
Alvarez hits his second home run of the night	0:30	Video
Josh Jung ends threat, bobbles but makes play	0:09	Video
McCormick makes an excellent diving catch in center	0:10	Video
osh Jung makes a clutch quick throw to first base	0:11	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Eovaldi (3-0, 2.29 ERA)	Valdez, F (0-2, 11.57 ERA)	Leclerc (3 SV, 1.23 ERA)

Game ended at 6:42 PM.