Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros
Game Highlights
Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| T5 | Jake Burger | Jake Burger homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. Alejandro Osuna scores. | TEX 2, HOU 0 |
| T7 | Jake Burger | Jake Burger doubles (6) on a line drive to left fielder Zach Dezenzo, deflected by third baseman Braden Shewmake. Joc Pederson scores. Ezequiel Duran scores. Alejandro Osuna to 3rd. | TEX 4, HOU 0 |
| T7 | Kyle Higashioka | Kyle Higashioka singles on a line drive to center fielder Zach Cole. Alejandro Osuna scores. Jake Burger scores. | TEX 6, HOU 0 |
| T7 | Brandon Nimmo | Brandon Nimmo doubles (8) on a fly ball to left fielder Zach Dezenzo. Kyle Higashioka scores. | TEX 7, HOU 0 |
| T9 | Kyle Higashioka | Kyle Higashioka homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. | TEX 8, HOU 0 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching & bullpen
How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.
Nathan Eovaldi started for Rangers, leaving with a 7–0 lead.
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Nathan Eovaldi
Starter
7.0
94
0
8
W
Pitch-by-pitch: what Nathan Eovaldi threw
CSW 35% 1st-pitch strike 67% 3.5 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Splitter 44 47% 11 4 8 13 8 Curveball 18 19% 2 6 3 6 1 Cutter 13 14% 1 1 3 6 2 Sinker 10 11% 1 1 0 3 5 Four-Seam Fastball 9 10% 2 4 1 2 0 - Gavin Collyer Reliever 2.0 17 0 2
Peter Lambert started for Astros, leaving trailing 0–2. Out of the bullpen, Cody Bolton took the roughest line.
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Peter Lambert
Starter
6.0
93
5
6
L
Pitch-by-pitch: what Peter Lambert threw
CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 75% 3.9 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Changeup 21 23% 5 2 4 8 2 Slider 21 23% 2 3 6 7 3 Four-Seam Fastball 19 20% 4 5 4 3 3 Sinker 19 20% 0 4 3 8 4 Cutter 7 8% 0 0 1 5 1 Slurve 6 6% 1 0 0 3 2 - Cody Bolton Reliever 3.0 51 3 2 inherited 3, all 3 scored
Where the game turned
- Burger HR (2)
Batting lines
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Carter CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .293 | .312 | .605 | |
| Josh Jung 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .301 | .350 | .472 | .822 | |
| Andrew McCutchen DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .288 | .305 | .593 | |
| Ezequiel Duran SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .336 | .443 | .779 | 2B |
| Alejandro Osuna RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .424 | .283 | .707 | |
| Jake Burger 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .232 | .274 | .411 | .685 | HR (8), 2B |
| Justin Foscue 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .318 | .500 | |
| Kyle Higashioka C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .273 | .310 | .583 | HR (2) |
| Brandon Nimmo RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .345 | .407 | .752 | 2B |
| Joc Pederson DH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .212 | .341 | .327 | .668 |
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brice Matthews 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .204 | .254 | .363 | .617 | |
| Christian Vázquez DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .303 | .402 | .705 | |
| Shay Whitcomb 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .167 | .294 | .461 | |
| Zach Cole CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .211 | .231 | .474 | .705 | |
| Zach Dezenzo LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .286 | .423 | .709 | |
| Braden Shewmake 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .563 | .896 | 2B |
| Cam Smith RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .196 | .290 | .314 | .604 | |
| César Salazar C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | |
| Nick Allen SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .235 | .297 | .265 | .562 | |
| Yordan Alvarez DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .316 | .423 | .638 | 1.061 | |
| Christian Walker 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 | .342 | .515 | .857 |
Pitching lines
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Eovaldi | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 94 | 3.62 | W |
| Gavin Collyer | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2.31 |
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Lambert | 6.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 93 | 3.57 | L |
| Cody Bolton | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 5.40 |
Manager comparison
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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.