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Texas Rangers @ Houston Astros

2016-05-21 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 35040 · 73°F, dome, dry · 2:41

Texas Rangers defeated Houston Astros 2–1. Texas Rangers opened the scoring in the 2nd — Elvis Andrus homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Marwin Gonzalez homers (4) on a line drive to left center field — worth 11% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Cesar Ramos L: Michael Fiers SV: Sam Dyson

Umpires — HP: CB Bucknor · 1B: Fieldin Culbreth · 2B: Jim Reynolds · 3B: Nic Lentz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Rougned Odor	4	0	1	1	2
Ian Desmond	4	0	0	0	3
Prince Fielder	4	0	1	0	0
Adrian Beltre	4	0	1	0	1
Mitch Moreland	3	0	0	0	2
Elvis Andrus	4	1	1	1	1
Nomar Mazara	3	0	0	0	0
Ryan Rua	3	0	0	0	0
Bryan Holaday	3	1	2	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Altuve	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Springer	4	0	1	0	0	1
Carlos Correa	4	0	0	0	0	3
Evan Gattis	2	0	0	0	1	1
Colby Rasmus	2	0	1	0	1	0
Tyler White	3	0	0	0	0	1
Marwin Gonzalez	3	1	1	1	0	1
Jason Castro	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Marisnick	3	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cesar Ramos	6.0	2	1	4
Matt Bush	1.0	1	1	2
Jake Diekman	1.0	0	0	2
Sam Dyson	1.0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Mike Fiers	7.0	6	6
Ken Giles	1.0	0	2
Luke Gregerson	1.0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rougned Odor: K
Ian Desmond: 63/G6+
Prince Fielder: 3/G34+

Bot 1

Jose Altuve: 8/L8LD+
George Springer: 9/F9D
Carlos Correa: 9/F9D+

Top 2

Adrian Beltre: 63/G6S-
Mitch Moreland: K
Elvis Andrus: HR/F7D
Nomar Mazara: 43/G4+

Bot 2

Evan Gattis: 7/F78D+
Colby Rasmus: 7/F7M
Tyler White: 63/G56+

Top 3

Ryan Rua: 63/G6+
Bryan Holaday: D8/F78XD+
Rougned Odor: S9/L9D+.2-H;BX2(94)
Ian Desmond: K

Bot 3

Marwin Gonzalez: HR/F8LXD+
Jason Castro: 43/G34+
Jake Marisnick: K
Jose Altuve: 63/G6

Top 4

Prince Fielder: S49/L9S+
Adrian Beltre: K
Mitch Moreland: HP.1-2
Elvis Andrus: 8/F8RXD+
Nomar Mazara: 8/L8LM

Bot 4

George Springer: S7/L6D+
Carlos Correa: K
Evan Gattis: POCS2(136)
Evan Gattis: K

Top 5

Ryan Rua: 8/F8LM
Bryan Holaday: D7/G5+
Rougned Odor: 4/L4+
Ian Desmond: K

Bot 5

Colby Rasmus: W
Tyler White: K
Marwin Gonzalez: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S

Top 6

Prince Fielder: 63/G4
Adrian Beltre: S8/L8LM+
Mitch Moreland: 5/L6-
Elvis Andrus: K

Bot 6

Jason Castro: 7/L78D+
Jake Marisnick: 53/G5
Jose Altuve: 7/MREV/F78D+

Top 7

Nomar Mazara: 43/G4
Ryan Rua: 3/F34S-
Bryan Holaday: 7/F7LM

Bot 7

George Springer: K
Carlos Correa: K
Evan Gattis: W
Colby Rasmus: S9/L34D+.1-3
Tyler White: 63/G56

Top 8

Rougned Odor: K
Ian Desmond: K
Prince Fielder: 7/L7LM

Bot 8

Marwin Gonzalez: K
Jason Castro: K
Jake Marisnick: 9/F89D

Top 9

Adrian Beltre: 9/F89D
Mitch Moreland: K
Elvis Andrus: 63/G6

Bot 9

Jose Altuve: 13/G13-
George Springer: 13/G-
Carlos Correa: K

Notes & reviews

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