Post Game Thread (Sep 5, 2025): Astros (77-65) @ Rangers (73-69)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E	LOB
HOU	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	9	2	9
TEX	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	1	15

Box Score

TEX		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Helman	3	0	0	0	0	0	.233
LF	Osuna, A	2	0	0	0	1	1	.181
2B	Freeman, C	6	1	1	0	0	1	.208
CF	Langford	4	1	2	0	2	0	.250
1B	Burger	5	1	1	2	0	3	.243
RF	Harris	1	0	1	1	0	0	.222
C	Higashioka	4	0	0	0	1	0	.246
3B	Jung, Jo	5	1	1	0	0	2	.255
1B	Duran, E	5	0	3	0	0	1	.236
DH	Moore, D	1	0	0	1	0	0	.200
DH	Pederson	0	0	0	0	1	0	.178
DH	Heim	1	0	0	0	0	1	.217
DH	Tellez	1	0	0	0	0	1	.220
SS	Smith	4	0	0	0	1	2	.253

TEX	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Kelly, Me	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	94-63	3.16
Martin	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	21-14	2.70
Maton, P	1.2	1	0	0	1	3	22-15	2.94
Armstrong	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	12-6	2.45
Garcia, R	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	7-5	3.17

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Peña	5	0	1	0	0	3	.304
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	0	0	0	1	1	.265
LF	Altuve	5	1	1	0	0	0	.268
3B	Correa	5	1	3	2	0	0	.277
RF	Sánchez, J	4	1	0	0	1	1	.253
1B	Walker, C	5	0	1	0	0	2	.232
C	Caratini	4	0	3	1	0	0	.275
CF	Melton	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149
CF	Dubón	1	0	0	0	0	0	.248
LF	Trammell	4	0	0	0	0	2	.200
2B	Urías, R	1	0	0	0	0	0	.249
RF	Smith	3	0	0	0	0	2	.240
C	Diaz, Ya	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Gordon, C	4.1	5	3	3	2	2	71-49	5.67
Blubaugh	2.2	1	0	0	2	3	42-27	3.06
King, B	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	18-13	2.73
Abreu, B	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	19-12	2.25
Kimbrel	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	9-4	0.00
Okert	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	16-11	2.97
McCullers Jr.	0.0	1	1	0	1	0	10-4	6.97

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T2	Victor Caratini singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Ezequiel Duran. Jesús Sánchez scores. Christian Walker to 3rd.	0-1
B2	Dylan Moore out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Taylor Trammell. Josh Jung scores. Ezequiel Duran to 2nd.	1-1
B3	Jake Burger homers (13) on a fly ball to left field. Wyatt Langford scores.	3-1
T8	Carlos Correa homers (11) on a fly ball to right field. Jose Altuve scores.	3-3
B12	Dustin Harris doubles (3) on a ground ball to right fielder Jesús Sánchez. Cody Freeman scores. Wyatt Langford to 3rd.	4-3

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Astros at Rangers – September 5, 2025	0:06
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 5 vs Rangers	0:08
Bullpen availability for Texas, September 5 vs Astros	0:08
Fielding alignment for Texas, September 5 vs Astros	0:11
Bench availability for Texas, September 5 vs Astros	0:08
Bench availability for Houston, September 5 vs Rangers	0:08
Fielding alignment for Houston, September 5 vs Rangers	0:11
Starting lineups for Astros at Rangers – September 5, 2025	0:10
Breaking down Jake Burger's home run	0:12
Visualizing Jake Burger's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Breaking down Colton Gordon's pitches	0:04
Measuring the stats on Carlos Correa's home run	0:13
Breaking down Merrill Kelly's pitches	0:04
Merrill Kelly's outing against the Astros	0:27
Analyzing Carlos Correa's home run through bat tracking	0:11
Merrill Kelly strikes out Jeremy Peña	0:07
Colton Gordon strikes out Jake Burger	0:07
Victor Caratini's RBI single	0:21
Dylan Moore's sacrifice fly	0:17
Jake Burger's two-run home run (13)	0:24
Field View: Jake Burger's two-run home run	0:32
Jake Burger's double play	0:17
Carlos Correa's game-tying two-run homer (11)	0:28
Merrill Kelly strikes out seven over seven innings	1:24
Bryan King escapes a jam in the 8th	0:08
Kyle Higashioka nabs Jacob Melton at second	0:22
Bryan Abreu escapes trouble in the 9th	0:07
Shawn Armstrong escapes a jam in the 10th	0:13
Steven Okert escapes a jam in the 10th	0:11
Robert Garcia escapes trouble in the 12th	0:12

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Garcia, R (3-7, 3.17 ERA)	McCullers Jr. (2-5, 6.97 ERA)

Game ended at 10:48 PM.