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May 16, 2026 · AL West

Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros

May 16, 2026Daikin ParkRoof Closed 73°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Texas Rangers
21-24
1
vs
HOME
Houston Astros
19-28
4

Game Highlights

Published May 17, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Jose Altuve Jose Altuve homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. TEX 0, HOU 1
B1 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez homers (15) on a fly ball to right field. TEX 0, HOU 2
B4 Christian Walker Christian Walker homers (11) on a fly ball to left center field. TEX 0, HOU 3
B4 Zach Cole Zach Cole homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. TEX 0, HOU 4
T7 Joc Pederson Joc Pederson singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Brice Matthews. Jake Burger scores. Justin Foscue to 2nd. TEX 1, HOU 4

Box score

  123456789 R
TEX 000000100 1
HOU 200200000 4

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 1

Jacob deGrom started for Rangers, leaving trailing 0–4.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jacob deGrom Starter 6.0 94 4 4 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jacob deGrom threw
    CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 57% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 46 49% 11 2 4 21 8
    Four-Seam Fastball 35 37% 3 7 8 7 10
    Changeup 9 10% 2 2 1 3 1
    Curveball 4 4% 1 0 0 3 0
  • Cal Quantrill Long 2.0 25 0 1
Astros HOME 4

Kai-Wei Teng started for Astros, leaving with a 4–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Enyel De Los Santos took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Kai-Wei Teng Starter 5.0 76 0 7 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Kai-Wei Teng threw
    CSW 39% 1st-pitch strike 73% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sweeper 24 32% 6 3 1 11 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 21 28% 1 6 4 8 2
    Sinker 15 20% 1 8 1 4 1
    Changeup 11 14% 0 1 1 6 3
    Curveball 5 7% 3 1 0 1 0
  • Steven Okert Setup 1.0 12 0 2
  • Enyel De Los Santos Setup 0.1 12 1 0
  • Bryan King Setup 0.2 12 0 0 HLD inherited 2, stranded 2
  • AJ Blubaugh Middle 0.2 16 0 0 HLD
  • Bryan Abreu Setup 1.1 24 0 0 SV inherited 2, stranded 2

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 1st · off deGrom
  • Altuve HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TEX
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Joc Pederson DH 3 0 1 1 2 1 .214 .333 .330 .663
Brandon Nimmo RF 5 0 0 0 0 2 .268 .347 .405 .752
Josh Jung 3B 4 0 0 0 1 1 .308 .358 .484 .842
Andrew McCutchen LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 .224 .292 .310 .602
Ezequiel Duran SS 5 0 1 0 0 1 .270 .339 .441 .780
Alejandro Osuna CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .256 .418 .279 .697
Jake Burger 1B 3 1 1 0 1 1 .226 .269 .384 .653
Danny Jansen C 1 0 0 0 2 0 .193 .304 .330 .634
Justin Foscue 2B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .222 .222 .389 .611
Evan Carter CF 1 0 0 0 2 0 .173 .302 .323 .625
HOME · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Isaac Paredes 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .341 .375 .716
Yordan Alvarez DH 3 1 1 1 0 0 .322 .429 .649 1.078 HR (15)
Christian Walker 1B 3 1 1 1 0 1 .266 .342 .521 .863 HR (11)
Braden Shewmake SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .341 .341 .568 .909
Brice Matthews CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .202 .254 .367 .621
Zach Cole LF 3 1 1 1 0 1 .235 .257 .529 .786 HR (3)
Christian Vázquez C 2 0 0 0 1 0 .247 .307 .407 .714
Jose Altuve 2B 4 1 1 1 0 1 .245 .326 .380 .706 HR (4)
Zach Dezenzo LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .182 .250 .409 .659

Pitching lines

AWAY · TEX
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jacob deGrom 6.0 5 4 4 0 4 4 94 3.02 L
Cal Quantrill 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 25 3.31
HOME · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Kai-Wei Teng 5.0 2 0 0 4 7 0 76 2.61 W
Steven Okert 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 3.60
Enyel De Los Santos 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 12 4.58
Bryan King 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 3.15 HLD
AJ Blubaugh 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 5.06 HLD
Bryan Abreu 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 24 7.80 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · TEX
Skip Schumaker
Lineup 1.9 R Bunts 0.8 R IBBs 1.4 R
HOME · HOU
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.

Read the full methodology.