Post Game Thread (Sep 5, 2023): Astros (79-61) @ Rangers (76-62)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
HOU	3	3	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	14	20	0	8
TEX	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	9

Box Score

TEX		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Semien	4	0	2	1	1	1	.272
SS	Seager	2	0	0	0	0	2	.343
SS	Smith, J	2	0	0	0	0	1	.196
1B	Lowe, N	3	0	0	0	1	0	.276
RF	García, Ad	3	0	0	0	0	0	.245
RF	Martínez	1	0	0	0	0	0	.225
DH	Garver	2	0	1	0	1	0	.288
P	Hedges	1	0	1	0	0	0	.180
LF	Grossman	2	0	0	0	1	0	.235
LF	Jankowski	1	0	0	0	0	0	.270
C	Heim	2	1	1	0	0	0	.270
C	Huff	2	0	0	0	0	1	.244
3B	Duran, E	4	0	1	0	0	0	.277
CF	Taveras	4	0	2	0	0	0	.264

TEX	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Eovaldi	1.1	5	4	4	1	1	35-20	2.95
Dunning	5.1	11	9	9	2	4	97-64	3.88
Kennedy, I	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	20-15	7.15
Hedges	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	9-6	6.75

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	5	3	3	3	0	1	.321
2B	Kessinger	1	0	1	0	0	0	.216
SS	Peña	6	3	3	0	0	0	.263
DH	Alvarez, Y	6	1	3	2	0	0	.293
3B	Bregman	5	2	1	0	0	1	.271
RF	Tucker	2	0	1	0	2	1	.290
LF	Meyers	1	0	0	0	0	0	.226
1B	Abreu, J	4	0	1	3	0	0	.232
1B	Singleton	1	0	1	0	0	0	.171
RF	McCormick	4	1	2	1	1	1	.287
CF	Dubón	5	2	2	1	0	0	.276
C	Maldonado, M	5	2	2	4	0	3	.188

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	7.0	6	1	1	4	4	98-62	3.30
Kuhnel	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	19-13	7.56

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Jose Altuve homers (13) on a fly ball to left center field.	0-1
T1	Jose Abreu reaches on a fielder's choice out, shortstop Corey Seager to second baseman Marcus Semien. Jeremy Pena scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd. Kyle Tucker out at 2nd.	0-2
T1	Chas McCormick singles on a ground ball to left fielder Robbie Grossman. Alex Bregman scores. Jose Abreu to 2nd.	0-3
T2	Jose Altuve homers (14) on a fly ball to left center field.	0-4
T2	Jose Abreu singles on a ground ball to center fielder Leody Taveras. Jeremy Pena scores. Alex Bregman scores. Kyle Tucker to 3rd.	0-6
T3	Martin Maldonado homers (12) on a fly ball to left field. Mauricio Dubon scores.	0-8
T3	Jose Altuve homers (15) on a fly ball to center field.	0-9
B5	Marcus Semien singles on a line drive to left fielder Chas McCormick. Jonah Heim scores. Leody Taveras to 3rd.	1-9
T7	Mauricio Dubon doubles (24) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Leody Taveras. Chas McCormick scores.	1-10
T7	Martin Maldonado homers (13) on a fly ball to right field. Mauricio Dubon scores.	1-12
T7	Yordan Alvarez homers (24) on a fly ball to center field. Jeremy Pena scores.	1-14

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 5 vs Rangers	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Texas, September 5 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Houston, September 5 vs Rangers	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Texas, September 5 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Texas, September 5 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Astros at Rangers – September 5, 2023	0:09	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, September 5 vs Rangers	0:11	Video
Measuring the stats on Jose Altuve's home run	0:11	Video
Measuring the stats on Jose Altuve's home run	0:15	Video
Measuring the stats on Martín Maldonado's home run	0:10	Video
Measuring the stats on Yordan Alvarez's home run	0:11	Video
Measuring the stats on Martín Maldonado's home run	0:16	Video
Breaking down Dane Dunning's pitches	0:04	Video
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches	0:04	Video
Measuring the stats on Jose Altuve's home run	0:16	Video
Dane Dunning's outing against the Astros	0:23	Video
Framber Valdez's outing against the Rangers	0:23	Video
Jose Altuve cranks a leadoff solo home run in the 1st	0:30	Video
José Abreu drives in Jeremy Pena in the 1st inning	0:45	Video
Chas McCormick drives in Alex Bregman with a single	0:25	Video
Jose Altuve cranks his second home run of the game	0:26	Video
José Abreu singles to drive home two runs in the 2nd	0:20	Video
Martín Maldonado cranks a two-run homer in the 3rd	0:27	Video
Altuve belts his THIRD homer of the game vs. Rangers	0:34	Video
Nathan Eovaldi K's Martín Maldonado in the 2nd inning	0:08	Video
Maldonado and Altuve crush back-to-back home runs	1:01	Video
Marcus Semien singles to put Texas on the board	0:23	Video
Mauricio Dubón scores Chas McCormick with a double	0:18	Video
Martín Maldonado drills a two-run home run in the 7th	0:26	Video
Yordan Alvarez clubs a two-run homer to center field	0:29	Video
Marcus Semien grounds out, pitcher Joel Kuhnel to first baseman Jon Singleton.	0:17	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Valdez, F (11-9, 3.30 ERA)	Eovaldi (11-4, 2.95 ERA)

Game ended at 9:42 PM.