Texas Rangers at Houston Astros
Final
Recap
HOUSTON -- Jake Burger homered and tied a career high with four RBI and Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven strong innings to lead the Texas Rangers to an 8-0 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday. Kyle Higashioka hit a solo homer in the ninth inning and drove in a season-high three runs as the Rangers got their offense going after managing just one run while losing the first two games of the series. Eovaldi (5-4) allowed five hits and struck out eight in his return after being scratched from a start on Monday because of left side tightness. Gavin Collyer took over and threw two hitless innings as the Astros were blanked for the third time this season.
Team stats
7Hits5
2Home runs0
2Walks2
8Strikeouts10
0Stolen bases0
111Pitches thrown144
10Pitching strikeouts8
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ezequiel DuranSS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro OsunaLF-RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan CarterCF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Justin Foscue2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joc PedersonDH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Andrew McCutchenPH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Jung3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Burger1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle HigashiokaC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon NimmoRF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan EovaldiP | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Gavin CollyerP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |