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Houston Astros @ Texas Rangers

2017-08-12 · Night game · Rangers Ballpark in Arlington · Att: 47306 · 82°F · Wind 14 mph L to R · 3:14

Texas Rangers defeated Houston Astros 8–3. Texas Rangers opened the scoring in the 2nd — Brett Nicholas homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Joey Gallo scores. Carlos Gomez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Brett Nicholas homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Joey Gallo scores. Carlos Gomez scores — worth 25% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Steve Buechele (C): Check swing.

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Line score

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

W: Tyson Ross L: Michael Fiers SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lance Barksdale · 1B: Stu Scheurwater · 2B: Tripp Gibson · 3B: Bill Welke · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

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

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Shin-Soo Choo	2	2	1	0	3	0
Elvis Andrus	5	2	2	0	0	1
Nomar Mazara	2	0	0	1	2	0
Adrian Beltre	4	0	3	3	0	0
Joey Gallo	2	1	0	0	1	0
Carlos Gomez	2	1	0	0	0	1
Rougned Odor	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Napoli	4	1	1	1	0	2
Brett Nicholas	4	1	2	3	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Fiers	4.0	5	4	2
Francisco Liriano	1.0	1	0	0
Francis Martes	1.0	3	2	1
James Hoyt	1.0	0	0	2
Reymin Guduan	1.0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tyson Ross	5.2	4	5	2
Matt Bush	2.1	0	0	1
Jason Grilli	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Springer: W
Josh Reddick: 13/BG13+.1-2
Jose Altuve: W
Carlos Beltran: K
Alex Bregman: 9/F9S

Bot 1

Shin-Soo Choo: W
Elvis Andrus: K
Nomar Mazara: W.1-2
Adrian Beltre: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S

Top 2

Marwin Gonzalez: S7/L78S+.BX2(74)
Derek Fisher: E4/G34
J. D. Davis: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 2

Joey Gallo: W
Carlos Gomez: HP.1-2
Rougned Odor: 7/F78M
Mike Napoli: K
Brett Nicholas: HR/F9LD+.2-H;1-H
Shin-Soo Choo: S9/L89M
Elvis Andrus: 4/L4D-

Top 3

Juan Centeno: 3/G3-
George Springer: 43/G4+
Josh Reddick: 31/G3

Bot 3

Nomar Mazara: 8/F8LM
Adrian Beltre: S9/L89S-
Joey Gallo: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 4

Jose Altuve: W
Carlos Beltran: SB2
Carlos Beltran: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
Alex Bregman: S8/L6D+.3-H
Marwin Gonzalez: 63/G6MS-.1-2
Derek Fisher: HP
J. D. Davis: D9/L9LD+.2-H;1XH(942)

Bot 4

Carlos Gomez: 8/F8LM
Rougned Odor: 7/F78XD+
Mike Napoli: HR/F7D+
Brett Nicholas: 7/F78M

Top 5

Juan Centeno: K
George Springer: 43/G4MD
Josh Reddick: 31/G3

Bot 5

Shin-Soo Choo: W
Elvis Andrus: SB2
Elvis Andrus: S6/G6.2-3
Nomar Mazara: 63/G6S.3-H;1-2
Adrian Beltre: D7/L7S.2-H
Joey Gallo: HP
Carlos Gomez: HP.2-3;1-2
Rougned Odor: 8/DP.3XH(82)

Top 6

Jose Altuve: FLE5
Jose Altuve: 7/F78D+
Carlos Beltran: 8/F78XD+
Alex Bregman: HP
Marwin Gonzalez: S49/G34+.1-3
Derek Fisher: W.1-2
J. D. Davis: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Juan Centeno: 7/F78M

Bot 6

Mike Napoli: K
Brett Nicholas: S9/L89M
Shin-Soo Choo: W.1-2
Elvis Andrus: S7/G6+.2XH(72);1-2
Nomar Mazara: W.2-3;1-2
Adrian Beltre: S9/G4.3-H;2-H;1-3
Joey Gallo: 9/L9LM+

Top 7

George Springer: 53/G56
Josh Reddick: 9/F89D
Jose Altuve: 9/F89M

Bot 7

Carlos Gomez: K
Rougned Odor: K
Mike Napoli: 43/G6MD+

Top 8

Carlos Beltran: 6/F6D-
Alex Bregman: K
Marwin Gonzalez: 3/L3+

Bot 8

Brett Nicholas: K
Shin-Soo Choo: 5/L6
Elvis Andrus: 63/G6+

Top 9

Derek Fisher: K
J. D. Davis: W
Juan Centeno: 9/F89D
George Springer: 7/L7M

Notes & reviews

Rangers coach Buechele ejected by 1B umpire Scheurwater for check swing call of ball on Altuve
Rangers challenged call that Beltre was out at home, claiming that catcher had illegally blocked the plate; call was upheld - out at home to complete DP

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