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Texas Rangers @ Houston Astros

2015-05-04 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 17597 · 77°F, cloudy · Wind 14 mph to LF · 2:36

Texas Rangers defeated Houston Astros 2–1. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 1st — Evan Gattis out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Shin-Soo Choo. Jose Altuve scores. Texas Rangers took the lead in the 9th — Robinson Chirinos out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Marisnick. Adrian Beltre scores. Kyle Blanks to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Jake Smolinski singles on a soft line drive to center fielder Jake Marisnick. Delino DeShields scores. Jake Smolinski to 2nd — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	7
HOU	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Keone Kela L: Chad Qualls SV: Neftali Feliz

Umpires — HP: Marty Foster · 1B: Mike Muchlinski · 2B: Mike Winters · 3B: Mark Wegner · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Shin-Soo Choo	4	0	1	0	0	1
Elvis Andrus	3	0	1	0	1	1
Prince Fielder	4	0	1	0	0	0
Adrian Beltre	4	1	1	0	0	0
Kyle Blanks	4	0	1	0	0	1
Adam Rosales	3	0	0	0	0	1
Robinson Chirinos	3	0	0	1	0	2
Leonys Martin	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Smolinski	3	0	1	1	0	1
Delino DeShields	2	1	1	0	1	1
Rougned Odor	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Altuve	3	1	1	0	1	0
Luis Valbuena	4	0	0	0	0	2
George Springer	3	0	0	0	1	1
Evan Gattis	3	0	1	1	0	0
Chris Carter	4	0	0	0	0	3
Marwin Gonzalez	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jake Marisnick	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Conger	3	0	0	0	0	2
Robbie Grossman	3	0	1	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ross Detwiler	7.0	4	2	7
Keone Kela	1.0	0	0	0
Neftali Feliz	1.0	0	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dallas Keuchel	8.0	5	2	8
Chad Qualls	1.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Shin-Soo Choo: D8/F78XD+
Elvis Andrus: K
Prince Fielder: 43/G4.2-3
Adrian Beltre: 13/G15S-

Bot 1

Jose Altuve: W
Luis Valbuena: WP.1-2
Luis Valbuena: K
George Springer: W
Evan Gattis: SB3;SB2
Evan Gattis: 9/SF/F89M.3-H
Chris Carter: K

Top 2

Kyle Blanks: K
Adam Rosales: K
Robinson Chirinos: K

Bot 2

Marwin Gonzalez: 6/L6
Jake Marisnick: 63/G6
Hank Conger: K

Top 3

Leonys Martin: K
Jake Smolinski: K
Shin-Soo Choo: K

Bot 3

Robbie Grossman: 63/G6
Jose Altuve: D8/L8LD+
Luis Valbuena: 7/F78M
George Springer: 9/F9S

Top 4

Elvis Andrus: S9/G34+
Prince Fielder: 46(1)3/GDP/G34
Adrian Beltre: 41/G34-

Bot 4

Evan Gattis: 8/F8RXD+
Chris Carter: 53/G56-
Marwin Gonzalez: S7/L56
Jake Marisnick: 4(1)/FO/G4M

Top 5

Kyle Blanks: 53/G56
Adam Rosales: 143/MREV/G13-
Robinson Chirinos: 63/G6S-

Bot 5

Hank Conger: 9/F89D
Robbie Grossman: S9/L9S
Jose Altuve: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 6

Delino DeShields: D9/F9LD
Jake Smolinski: 9/F9LMF.2-3
Shin-Soo Choo: 3/G34S
Elvis Andrus: 5/L56

Bot 6

Luis Valbuena: K
George Springer: 63/G6S-
Evan Gattis: D8/L8LD+
Chris Carter: K

Top 7

Prince Fielder: D7/L7LS
Adrian Beltre: 63/G6S-
Kyle Blanks: 5/L56
Adam Rosales: 13/G13S-

Bot 7

Marwin Gonzalez: K
Jake Marisnick: 53/G5
Hank Conger: K

Top 8

Robinson Chirinos: K
Delino DeShields: W
Jake Smolinski: SB2
Jake Smolinski: S8/L8LS.2-H;B-2(TH)
Shin-Soo Choo: 3/G3-.2-3
Elvis Andrus: W
Prince Fielder: 5/F5F-

Bot 8

Robbie Grossman: 3/G3
Jose Altuve: 4/F4-
Luis Valbuena: 8/F8RD

Top 9

Adrian Beltre: D8/F78XD+
Kyle Blanks: S7/G56.2-3
Rougned Odor: K
Robinson Chirinos: 8/SF/F8RM.3-H;1-2
Delino DeShields: K

Bot 9

George Springer: K
Evan Gattis: 43/G4-
Chris Carter: K

Notes & reviews

replay,5,rosaa001,TEX,wintm901,HOU03,,N,M,TEX,C $when Adam Rosales was called out at 1B, Rangers manager Jeff Banister challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
Rangers center fielder Leonys Martin left the game due to an injured wrist

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