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May 26, 2026 · AL West

Houston Astros vs Texas Rangers

May 26, 2026Globe Life FieldRoof Closed 74°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Houston Astros
24-32
7
vs
HOME
Texas Rangers
25-29
10

Game Highlights

Published May 27, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Jake Burger Jake Burger singles on a ground ball to center fielder Brice Matthews. Alejandro Osuna scores. Brandon Nimmo scores. Josh Jung to 2nd. HOU 0, TEX 2
B1 Evan Carter Evan Carter triples (2) on a ground ball to right fielder Cam Smith. Josh Jung scores. Jake Burger scores. HOU 0, TEX 4
B1 Ezequiel Duran Ezequiel Duran doubles (12) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Brice Matthews. Evan Carter scores. HOU 0, TEX 5
B1 Joc Pederson Joc Pederson homers (4) on a fly ball to right field. Ezequiel Duran scores. Kyle Higashioka scores. HOU 0, TEX 8
T3 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez homers (17) on a fly ball to right center field. Brice Matthews scores. Jeremy Peña scores. HOU 3, TEX 8
B3 Evan Carter Evan Carter homers (6) on a fly ball to right field. HOU 3, TEX 9
T4 César Salazar César Salazar hit by pitch. Cam Smith scores. Braden Shewmake to 3rd. Brice Matthews to 2nd. HOU 4, TEX 9
T8 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez homers (18) on a fly ball to right field. HOU 5, TEX 9
T8 Cam Smith Cam Smith homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field. HOU 6, TEX 9
B8 Ezequiel Duran Ezequiel Duran singles on a ground ball to left fielder Zach Dezenzo. Jake Burger scores. Evan Carter to 2nd. HOU 6, TEX 10
T9 Jeremy Peña Jeremy Peña homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. HOU 7, TEX 10

Box score

  123456789 R
HOU 003100021 7
TEX 801000010 10

Pitching & bullpen

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

Astros AWAY 7

Jason Alexander started for Astros, leaving trailing 4–9. Out of the bullpen, AJ Blubaugh took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jason Alexander Starter 6.0 100 9 4 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jason Alexander threw
    CSW 32% 1st-pitch strike 70% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 34 34% 3 3 7 13 8
    Sinker 30 30% 1 15 3 8 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 23 23% 2 3 5 7 6
    Sweeper 11 11% 1 4 0 3 3
    Cutter 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
  • AJ Blubaugh Middle 2.0 23 1 0
Rangers HOME 10

Jack Leiter started for Rangers, leaving with a 9–4 lead. Out of the bullpen, Jalen Beeks took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jack Leiter Starter 6.0 95 4 4 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jack Leiter threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 50% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 34 36% 5 5 7 12 5
    Slider 17 18% 2 5 3 6 1
    Sinker 12 13% 2 1 1 6 2
    Changeup 12 13% 1 1 2 4 4
    Curveball 10 11% 0 2 2 4 2
    Cutter 10 11% 2 1 1 3 3
  • Jakob Junis Setup 1.0 10 0 0
  • Jalen Beeks Reliever 0.2 15 2 1
  • Jacob Latz Closer 1.1 14 1 2 SV inherited 1, stranded 1

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 1st · off Alexander
  • Burger 1B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jeremy Peña SS 4 2 1 1 1 0 .247 .309 .342 .651 HR (1)
Isaac Paredes 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .332 .366 .698
Yordan Alvarez DH 5 2 2 4 0 2 .303 .414 .631 1.045 2 HR (17, 18)
Christian Walker 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .260 .333 .529 .862
Jake Meyers CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .207 .266 .345 .611
Cam Smith RF 3 2 1 1 1 0 .213 .307 .337 .644 HR (5)
Zach Dezenzo LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 .220 .289 .390 .679 2B
Brice Matthews 2B 3 1 1 0 1 1 .207 .260 .341 .601
Nick Allen PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .302 .362 .395 .757
Taylor Trammell LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .344 .417 .438 .855
Braden Shewmake 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .281 .292 .469 .761
César Salazar C 2 0 0 1 0 1 .063 .211 .063 .274
HOME · TEX
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Joc Pederson DH 4 1 1 3 0 1 .234 .351 .371 .722 HR (4)
Alejandro Osuna LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .279 .417 .309 .726
Brandon Nimmo RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .267 .349 .426 .775
Josh Jung 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 .303 .360 .459 .819
Jake Burger 1B 4 2 1 2 0 1 .240 .289 .434 .723
Evan Carter CF 4 2 3 3 0 0 .178 .293 .350 .643 HR (6), 3B
Ezequiel Duran SS 4 1 2 2 0 1 .283 .338 .462 .800 2B
Justin Foscue 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .275 .321 .451 .772
Kyle Higashioka C 2 1 0 0 0 0 .205 .275 .325 .600

Pitching lines

AWAY · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jason Alexander 6.0 6 9 9 2 4 2 100 9.33 L
AJ Blubaugh 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 23 4.81
HOME · TEX
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jack Leiter 6.0 4 4 4 3 4 1 95 4.75 W
Jakob Junis 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.50
Jalen Beeks 0.2 3 2 2 0 1 2 15 3.74
Jacob Latz 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 1 14 2.16 SV

Manager comparison

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

Recent form

AWAY · HOU
6-4 L1 -5 run diff
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HOME · TEX
4-6 W2 -26 run diff
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Season series: 3-1 with HOU 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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