Post Game Thread (Sep 6, 2023): Astros (80-61) @ Rangers (76-63)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
HOU	2	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	12	14	1	8
TEX	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	5	1	4

Box Score

TEX		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Semien	4	2	4	3	0	0	.277
SS	Seager	4	0	0	0	0	1	.339
1B	Lowe, N	4	0	1	0	0	2	.276
RF	García, Ad	1	0	0	0	0	0	.244
RF	Grossman	3	0	0	0	0	0	.232
DH	Garver	4	0	0	0	0	3	.283
C	Heim	4	0	0	0	0	1	.267
LF	Jankowski	4	1	0	0	0	1	.266
3B	Smith, J	3	0	0	0	0	0	.193
CF	Taveras	2	0	0	0	1	0	.263

TEX	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Scherzer	3.0	6	7	7	2	4	60-40	3.91
Stratton, C	1.1	2	1	1	2	0	34-17	3.58
Leclerc	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	6-5	2.96
Bradford	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	31-22	4.12
Chapman	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	11-9	2.77
Burke	1.0	4	4	4	1	2	26-19	4.31

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	0	0	0	0	1	.316
2B	Kessinger	1	0	0	0	0	1	.211
SS	Peña	6	2	2	0	0	2	.263
DH	Alvarez, Y	3	2	1	2	2	1	.293
3B	Bregman	5	1	2	0	0	0	.272
RF	Tucker	3	3	1	0	2	1	.290
LF	Meyers	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226
1B	Abreu, J	5	2	3	7	0	0	.236
LF	Brantley	3	1	2	2	0	0	.316
RF	McCormick	1	1	1	1	0	0	.289
CF	Dubón	5	0	1	0	0	2	.275
C	Maldonado, M	4	0	1	0	1	1	.189

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Verlander	7.0	4	2	1	1	6	100-64	3.23
Graveman	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	12-9	3.25
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10-7	3.26

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Yordan Alvarez homers (25) on a line drive to center field. Jeremy Pena scores.	0-2
B1	Marcus Semien homers (21) on a fly ball to left field.	1-2
T2	Michael Brantley homers (2) on a fly ball to right field.	1-3
T3	Jose Abreu hits a grand slam (13) to left center field. Jeremy Pena scores. Yordan Alvarez scores. Kyle Tucker scores.	1-7
T5	Michael Brantley out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Travis Jankowski. Kyle Tucker scores.	1-8
B5	Marcus Semien singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Michael Brantley. Travis Jankowski scores. Leody Taveras to 2nd.	2-8
B8	Marcus Semien homers (22) on a fly ball to left center field.	3-8
T9	Jose Abreu homers (14) on a line drive to left field. Alex Bregman scores. Kyle Tucker scores.	3-11
T9	Chas McCormick homers (20) on a fly ball to center field.	3-12

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Texas, September 6 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 6 vs Rangers	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Texas, September 6 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Texas, September 6 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Yordan Alvarez: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:16	Video
Analyzing Yordan Alvarez's home run through bat tracking	0:09	Video
Analyzing Marcus Semien's home run through bat tracking	0:09	Video
Breaking down Marcus Semien's home run	0:09	Video
Measuring the stats on Michael Brantley's home run	0:16	Video
A deep dive into Michael Brantley's home run	0:09	Video
José Abreu: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:10	Video
Breaking down Max Scherzer's pitches	0:04	Video
Breaking down Justin Verlander's pitches	0:04	Video
The distance behind Marcus Semien's home run	0:09	Video
Justin Verlander's outing against the Rangers	0:23	Video
Measuring the stats on Chas McCormick's home run	0:14	Video
José Abreu: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:15	Video
Yordan Alvarez lines a two-run homer to center field	0:28	Video
Marcus Semien launches a leadoff home run to left	0:25	Video
Josh H. Smith gloves grounder, makes long throw	0:21	Video
Michael Brantley smacks a solo homer to right field	0:24	Video
José Abreu clobbers a grand slam to left field	0:27	Video
Adolis García exits game with an apparent injury	0:34	Video
Michael Brantley lifts a sac fly to left field	0:22	Video
Max Scherzer fans four across three innings	0:43	Video
Marcus Semien rips an RBI single to left field	0:14	Video
Marcus Semien drives his second homer of the game	0:20	Video
José Abreu drills his second homer of the game	0:31	Video
Chas McCormick belts a solo homer to left-center	0:27	Video
Justin Verlander strikes out six across seven innings	1:09	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Verlander (11-7, 3.23 ERA)	Scherzer (12-6, 3.91 ERA)

Game ended at 9:56 PM.