Houston Astros at Texas Rangers
Final
Recap
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Yordan Alvarez homered twice for the second consecutive game, including a tiebreaking solo shot in the eighth inning of the Houston Astros' 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night. Alvarez's fifth homer in three games put him at 20 on the same night Munetaka Murakami reached that number for the Chicago White Sox. Philadelphia slugger Kyle Schwarber leads the majors with 21. Joc Pederson also had two solo homers for the Rangers, giving him six for the season, and finished with three hits and scored three times.
Team stats
8Hits6
2Home runs2
4Walks2
8Strikeouts10
0Stolen bases1
126Pitches thrown156
10Pitching strikeouts8
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yordan AlvarezDH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian VazquezC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Walker1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Braden Shewmake3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac ParedesPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor TrammellLF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy PenaSS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice Matthews2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cam SmithRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake MeyersCF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enyel De Los SantosP | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bryan KingP | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike BurrowsP | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |