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Texas Rangers @ Houston Astros

2017-08-31 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 3385 · 72°F, dome, dry · 3:02

Houston Astros defeated Texas Rangers 5–1. Texas Rangers opened the scoring in the 1st — Nomar Mazara grounds out to first baseman Marwin Gonzalez. Shin-Soo Choo scores. Houston Astros took the lead in the 4th — Josh Reddick singles on a line drive to right fielder Nomar Mazara. Alex Bregman scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Jose Altuve homers (21) on a fly ball to left center field — worth 10% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — A. J. Hinch (M): Arguing interference call.

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Line score

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

W: Chris Devenski L: Nick Martinez SV: Ken Giles

Umpires — HP: Chris Segal · 1B: Alan Porter · 2B: Joe West · 3B: Mark Wegner · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Shin-Soo Choo	4	1	1	0	0	1
Elvis Andrus	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nomar Mazara	4	0	1	1	0	1
Adrian Beltre	2	0	0	0	1	0
Joey Gallo	4	0	1	0	0	2
Carlos Gomez	2	0	0	0	1	0
Rougned Odor	4	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Robinson	3	0	0	0	1	2
Brett Nicholas	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Napoli	0	0	0	0	1	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Springer	3	0	1	0	1	0
Alex Bregman	4	2	2	1	0	1
Jose Altuve	4	2	2	1	0	0
Josh Reddick	4	0	1	1	0	0
Carlos Beltran	2	0	0	0	0	2
Marwin Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	0
J. D. Davis	3	0	2	0	0	1
Juan Centeno	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Marisnick	2	1	0	0	1	1
Derek Fisher	1	0	1	2	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Martinez	5.0	5	0	6
Jose Leclerc	2.0	1	2	0
Alex Claudio	1.0	3	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Collin McHugh	4.2	4	2	3
Chris Devenski	2.1	0	1	1
Ken Giles	2.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Shin-Soo Choo: S9/L89M
Elvis Andrus: PB.1-2
Elvis Andrus: WP.2-3
Elvis Andrus: 53/G56S-
Nomar Mazara: 3/G3.3-H(UR)
Adrian Beltre: W
Joey Gallo: K

Bot 1

George Springer: S8/L4MD+
Alex Bregman: K/BINT/DP.1X1(2)
Jose Altuve: HR/F7D+
Josh Reddick: 63/G6M

Top 2

Carlos Gomez: HP
Rougned Odor: SB2
Rougned Odor: 43/G34.2-3
Drew Robinson: 5/F25-
Brett Nicholas: 53/G5S

Bot 2

Carlos Beltran: K
Marwin Gonzalez: 3/G34
J. D. Davis: K

Top 3

Shin-Soo Choo: 6/F78S
Elvis Andrus: 5/L56+
Nomar Mazara: 7/F7S-

Bot 3

Juan Centeno: 8/F8RXD+
Jake Marisnick: K
George Springer: 63/G6+

Top 4

Adrian Beltre: 9/F89D+
Joey Gallo: D9/F9
Carlos Gomez: W
Rougned Odor: 7/F78D+
Drew Robinson: K

Bot 4

Alex Bregman: S8/G6M+
Jose Altuve: 3/F3F-
Josh Reddick: SB2
Josh Reddick: S9/L89M.2-H
Carlos Beltran: K
Marwin Gonzalez: 5/F5F-

Top 5

Brett Nicholas: S9/L89S
Shin-Soo Choo: K
Elvis Andrus: 9/F9D
Nomar Mazara: D7/L5.1-3
Adrian Beltre: 9/F9LD

Bot 5

J. D. Davis: S6/G6M-
Juan Centeno: SB2
Juan Centeno: K
Jake Marisnick: 53/G5+
George Springer: 53/G5

Top 6

Joey Gallo: K
Carlos Gomez: 53/G56S
Rougned Odor: 7/F78D

Bot 6

Alex Bregman: 63/G56
Jose Altuve: 63/G6S-
Josh Reddick: 7/F7S

Top 7

Drew Robinson: W
Brett Nicholas: PO1(13)
Brett Nicholas: 3/G34
Shin-Soo Choo: 8/F8RD

Bot 7

Carlos Beltran: HP
Marwin Gonzalez: 8/F8LM
J. D. Davis: S5/G56-.1-2
Juan Centeno: 16(1)3/GDP/G13-

Top 8

Elvis Andrus: 8/F8RM
Nomar Mazara: K
Mike Napoli: W
Joey Gallo: 8/F78S

Bot 8

Jake Marisnick: W
George Springer: SB2
George Springer: WP.2-3
George Springer: W
Alex Bregman: S8/L8LS.3-H;1-2
Jose Altuve: S1/G15-.2-3;1-2
Josh Reddick: 12(3)3/GDP/G13-.2-3;1-2
Derek Fisher: S7/G5.3-H;2-H
Marwin Gonzalez: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 9

Carlos Gomez: 63/G6+
Rougned Odor: 31/G3+
Drew Robinson: K

Notes & reviews

Game played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL because Hurricane Harvey prevented playing in Houston
As Bregman struck out, his swing took him in front of the catcher and batter's interference was called for a double play; Astros manager Hinch ejected by 2b umpire West for arguing interference call
Rangers challenged call that Bregman was safe at 2nd; call was upheld - stolen base
Adrian Beltre left with torn hamstring, estimated to be out for at least four weeks

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