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Texas Rangers @ Houston Astros

2017-05-01 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 22556 · 81°F, cloudy · Wind 6 mph to LF · 2:59

Houston Astros defeated Texas Rangers 6–2. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 1st — Carlos Correa reaches on a fielding error by right fielder Nomar Mazara. Jose Altuve scores. Texas Rangers took the lead in the 4th — Mike Napoli homers (4) on a fly ball to center field. Houston Astros took the lead in the 7th — Jose Altuve doubles (5) on a ground ball to left fielder Delino DeShields. Norichika Aoki scores. Josh Reddick to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Norichika Aoki singles on a ground ball to shortstop Elvis Andrus. Alex Bregman to 3rd. Norichika Aoki to 2nd. Alex Bregman advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by shortstop Elvis Andrus — worth 21% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Chris Devenski L: Andrew Cashner SV: Ken Giles

Umpires — HP: Gerry Davis · 1B: Pat Hoberg · 2B: Rob Drake · 3B: Tony Randazzo · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	4	0	1	0	0	2
Shin-Soo Choo	4	0	0	0	0	2
Carlos Gomez	4	0	0	0	0	3
Rougned Odor	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Napoli	4	2	2	1	0	1
Joey Gallo	3	0	0	0	1	2
Elvis Andrus	3	0	2	1	1	0
Nomar Mazara	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jonathan Lucroy	2	0	0	0	1	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Springer	5	0	2	1	0	0
Josh Reddick	5	1	0	0	0	0
Jose Altuve	3	2	1	1	0	0
Carlos Correa	3	1	1	2	1	0
Carlos Beltran	4	0	0	0	0	3
Yuli Gurriel	3	0	1	1	0	0
Brian McCann	4	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Bregman	3	1	1	0	1	0
Nori Aoki	2	1	1	0	1	0
Jake Marisnick	1	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andrew Cashner	6.0	3	3	2
Tony Barnette	0.1	3	0	0
Dario Alvarez	1.2	2	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lance McCullers	6.1	6	2	10
Chris Devenski	1.2	0	0	2
Michael Feliz	0.1	0	1	0
Ken Giles	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: K
Shin-Soo Choo: K
Carlos Gomez: 43/G4

Bot 1

George Springer: 53/G6S-
Josh Reddick: 7/F78D
Jose Altuve: HP
Carlos Correa: SB2
Carlos Correa: E9/F89S-.2-H(UR)(NR)
Carlos Beltran: K

Top 2

Rougned Odor: 43/G4
Mike Napoli: S7/G56+
Joey Gallo: 43/G34.1-2
Elvis Andrus: DGR7/G5.2-H
Nomar Mazara: S7/G56.2XH(72)

Bot 2

Yuli Gurriel: HP
Brian McCann: S9/F9LD.1-3
Alex Bregman: FC1/G13.3XH(12);1-2;B-1
Nori Aoki: 16(1)/FO/G15S-.2-3
George Springer: 53/G5S-

Top 3

Jonathan Lucroy: 63/G6MS-
Delino DeShields: D7/F78XD+
Shin-Soo Choo: 13.2-3
Carlos Gomez: K

Bot 3

Josh Reddick: 6/F4D-
Jose Altuve: 53/G56
Carlos Correa: 53/G56S-

Top 4

Rougned Odor: K
Mike Napoli: HR/F8RXD+
Joey Gallo: K
Elvis Andrus: S8/L8RS
Nomar Mazara: CS2(26)

Bot 4

Carlos Beltran: 9/F9D+
Yuli Gurriel: E5/G56
Brian McCann: 9/L9M+
Alex Bregman: 63/G6+

Top 5

Nomar Mazara: K23
Jonathan Lucroy: W
Delino DeShields: K
Shin-Soo Choo: 63/G6M

Bot 5

Nori Aoki: W
George Springer: S9/L9S.1-2
Josh Reddick: 9/F89D
Jose Altuve: 5(2)3/GDP/G5

Top 6

Carlos Gomez: K
Rougned Odor: 5/L56+
Mike Napoli: K

Bot 6

Carlos Correa: W
Carlos Beltran: K
Yuli Gurriel: 53/G5.1-2
Brian McCann: 9/F9LD

Top 7

Joey Gallo: K
Elvis Andrus: W
Nomar Mazara: 9/F9LM
Jonathan Lucroy: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 7

Alex Bregman: W
Nori Aoki: S6/G56.1-3(E6/TH);B-2
George Springer: S4/G4MS-.3-H;2-2
Josh Reddick: 46(1)/FO/G4S.2-3
Jose Altuve: D7/G5.3-H;1-3
Carlos Correa: D8/G6+.3-H;2-H
Carlos Beltran: WP.2-3
Carlos Beltran: K
Yuli Gurriel: D7/MREV/F78S-.3-H
Brian McCann: 63/G4

Top 8

Delino DeShields: 63/G6
Shin-Soo Choo: K
Carlos Gomez: K

Bot 8

Alex Bregman: S8/F8RD-
Jake Marisnick: K
George Springer: 54(1)/FO/G56
Josh Reddick: 7/F78D

Top 9

Rougned Odor: E4/G4
Mike Napoli: 3/F3F-
Joey Gallo: W.1-2
Elvis Andrus: 6(1)3/GDP/G6

Notes & reviews

the first pitch to Mike Napoli was behind him; Napoli yelled at pitcher Lance McCullers while walking slowly onto the field; both benches cleared but there was no further incident
replay,7,gurry001,HOU,davig901,HOU03,,N,M,TEX,A $when Yulieski Gurriel was called safe at 2B, Rangers manager Jeff Banister challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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