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May 15, 2026 · AL West

Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros

May 15, 2026Daikin ParkRoof Closed 73°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Texas Rangers
21-23
0
vs
HOME
Houston Astros
18-28
2

Game Highlights

Published May 16, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B3 Isaac Paredes Isaac Paredes homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. TEX 0, HOU 1
B8 Braden Shewmake Braden Shewmake singles on a line drive to left fielder Alejandro Osuna. Nick Allen scores. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd. TEX 0, HOU 2

Box score

  123456789 R
TEX 000000000 0
HOU 001000010 2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Rangers AWAY 0

Jack Leiter started for Rangers, leaving trailing 0–1. Out of the bullpen, Cole Winn took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jack Leiter Starter 7.0 98 1 6 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jack Leiter threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 56% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 28 29% 1 5 5 10 7
    Sinker 19 19% 0 6 6 4 3
    Cutter 15 15% 1 2 3 4 5
    Slider 14 14% 2 2 1 7 2
    Changeup 13 13% 2 1 0 9 1
    Curveball 9 9% 1 2 1 5 0
  • Cole Winn Reliever 1.0 24 1 3
Astros HOME 2

Spencer Arrighetti started for Astros, leaving with a 1–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Spencer Arrighetti Starter 7.1 102 0 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Spencer Arrighetti threw
    CSW 31% 1st-pitch strike 52% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 44 43% 4 10 5 16 9
    Curveball 34 33% 6 5 4 13 6
    Sweeper 12 12% 2 3 0 4 3
    Sinker 6 6% 0 2 3 1 0
    Changeup 6 6% 0 0 0 6 0
  • Bryan King Setup 1.2 17 0 1 SV inherited 2, stranded 2

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 3rd · off Leiter
  • Paredes HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TEX
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Andrew McCutchen DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .286 .304 .590
Ezequiel Duran SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 .274 .345 .453 .798
Brandon Nimmo RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .276 .357 .417 .774
Josh Jung 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316 .363 .497 .860
Evan Carter CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .174 .295 .326 .621
Jake Burger 1B 2 0 0 0 1 1 .224 .263 .385 .648 SB
Alejandro Osuna LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .256 .431 .282 .713
Kyle Higashioka C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .194 .260 .254 .514
Justin Foscue 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .214 .214 .429 .643
Joc Pederson DH 2 0 0 0 1 2 .210 .322 .330 .652
HOME · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Brice Matthews 2B 4 0 2 0 0 1 .208 .261 .377 .638
Yordan Alvarez DH 3 0 1 0 1 0 .321 .431 .637 1.068
Christian Walker 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .265 .342 .506 .848
Braden Shewmake 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .366 .366 .610 .976
Zach Dezenzo LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .158 .238 .421 .659
Zach Cole CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .226 .250 .452 .702
Cam Smith RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .199 .289 .318 .607
Christian Vázquez C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .253 .306 .418 .724
Isaac Paredes 3B 3 1 1 1 0 0 .257 .349 .385 .734 HR (4)

Pitching lines

AWAY · TEX
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jack Leiter 7.0 3 1 1 3 6 1 98 4.35 L
Cole Winn 1.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 24 5.00
HOME · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Spencer Arrighetti 7.1 1 0 0 4 5 0 102 1.50 W
Bryan King 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 3.26 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · TEX
Skip Schumaker
Skip Schumaker
Lineup 1.9 R Bunts 0.8 R IBBs 1.4 R
HOME · HOU
Joe Espada
Joe Espada
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 0.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · TEX
4-6 W2 -26 run diff
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HOME · HOU
6-4 L1 -5 run diff
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Season series: 1-3 with TEX listed first across 4 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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