Post Game Thread (Oct 18, 2023): Astros (90-72) @ Rangers (90-72)

Line Score – Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
HOU	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	8	12	0	7
TEX	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	5	6	0	3

Box Score

TEX		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Semien	3	1	0	0	1	0	.171
SS	Seager	4	0	0	0	0	0	.333
LF	Carter	4	0	1	0	0	2	.333
RF	García, Ad	4	0	1	1	0	0	.257
C	Heim	4	0	0	0	0	0	.219
DH	Garver	3	0	0	0	1	1	.238
PR	Jankowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1B	Lowe, N	4	2	2	0	0	1	.206
3B	Jung	4	2	2	4	0	1	.355
CF	Taveras	2	0	0	0	1	0	.320

TEX	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Scherzer	4.0	5	5	5	1	4	63-42	11.25
Bradford	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	11-7	0.00
Stratton, C	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	19-10	18.00
Smith, W	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	12-5	0.00
Gray, Jn	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	15-9	9.00
Pérez, M	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	18-14	0.00

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	5	2	2	1	0	0	.200
LF	Brantley	5	0	0	0	0	1	.263
LF	McCormick	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316
3B	Bregman	4	0	0	0	1	0	.185
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	1	2	2	0	0	.407
1B	Abreu, J	5	1	1	0	0	1	.250
RF	Tucker	2	2	1	0	3	0	.125
CF	Dubón	4	1	3	1	0	0	.500
SS	Peña	4	0	1	1	0	1	.231
C	Maldonado, M	4	1	2	2	0	2	.222

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Javier	5.2	3	2	2	1	3	85-51	1.69
Neris	1.1	2	2	2	0	1	19-13	11.57
Abreu, B	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	17-10	1.42
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	13-8	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T2	Martin Maldonado singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Evan Carter, deflected by third baseman Josh Jung. Kyle Tucker scores. Mauricio Dubon scores. Martin Maldonado out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Evan Carter to catcher Jonah Heim to second baseman Marcus Semien.	0-3
T3	Jose Altuve homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field.	0-4
T4	Mauricio Dubon singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Leody Taveras. Jose Abreu scores.	0-5
B5	Josh Jung homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Nathaniel Lowe scores.	2-5
T7	Yordan Alvarez singles on a line drive to center fielder Leody Taveras. Martin Maldonado scores. Jose Altuve scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd.	2-7
B7	Josh Jung homers (3) on a fly ball to center field. Nathaniel Lowe scores.	4-7
T8	Jeremy Pena singles on a ground ball to right fielder Adolis Garcia. Kyle Tucker scores. Mauricio Dubon to 2nd.	4-8
B8	Adolis Garcia singles on a ground ball to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Marcus Semien scores.	5-8

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Max Scherzer against the Astros	0:09	Video
Cristian Javier against the Rangers	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Texas, October 18 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, October 18 vs Rangers	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Texas, October 18 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Texas, October 18 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Bench availability for Houston, October 18 vs Rangers	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, October 18 vs Rangers	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Astros at Rangers – October 18, 2023	0:09	Video
Breaking down Jose Altuve's home run	0:10	Video
Breaking down Max Scherzer's pitches	0:04	Video
Breaking down Josh Jung's home run	0:14	Video
An animated look at Josh Jung's home run	0:09	Video
Cristian Javier's outing against the Rangers	0:22	Video
Breaking down Cristian Javier's pitches	0:04	Video
A deep dive into Josh Jung's home run	0:09	Video
The distance behind Josh Jung's 2nd home run	0:13	Video
Martín Maldonado drives home two runs with a single	0:28	Video
Jose Altuve cranks a solo homer to left-center field	0:29	Video
Jose Altuve's solo homer in Game 3 – Creator Cuts	0:27	Video
Josh Jung puts Texas on the board with a two-run HR	0:29	Video
Taveras robs Alvarez's homer with a leaping grab	0:28	Video
Michael Brantley makes a running catch in left field	0:16	Video
Yordan Alvarez singles, plating two runs in the 7th	0:26	Video
Josh Jung hammers his second home run of the game	0:29	Video
Adolis García drives home Marcus Semien in the 8th	0:30	Video
Josh Jung's second home run of Game 3 – Creator Cuts	0:28	Video
Rangers get the out at home to get out of the 9th	0:22	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Javier (2-0, 1.69 ERA)	Scherzer (0-1, 11.25 ERA)	Pressly (3 SV, 0.00 ERA)

Game ended at 10:10 PM.