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Texas Rangers @ Houston Astros

2020-09-16 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · 75°F, dome · 2:36

Texas Rangers defeated Houston Astros 1–0. Texas Rangers opened the scoring in the 9th — Joey Gallo hits a ground-rule double (8) on a line drive down the right-field line. Leody Taveras scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Joey Gallo hits a ground-rule double (8) on a line drive down the right-field line. Leody Taveras scores — worth 36% 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	0	1	1	4
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

W: Kyle Gibson L: Ryan Pressly SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Adam Hamari · 1B: Tom Woodring · 2B: Mike Muchlinski · 3B: Marvin Hudson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Leody Taveras	4	1	1	0	0	1
Willie Calhoun	4	0	0	0	0	2
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joey Gallo	4	0	1	1	0	2
Nick Solak	3	0	0	0	1	2
Rougned Odor	4	0	1	0	0	1
Anderson Tejeda	3	0	0	0	0	3
Ronald Guzman	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Mathis	3	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
George Springer	4	1	0	2
Jose Altuve	3	1	1	2
Michael Brantley	4	0	0	1
Alex Bregman	3	1	1	0
Kyle Tucker	4	1	0	1
Yuli Gurriel	3	0	0	0
Carlos Correa	3	0	0	1
Josh Reddick	3	0	0	0
Martin Maldonado	2	0	1	2

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Gibson	9.0	4	3	9

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lance McCullers	7.0	2	0	8
Josh James	1.0	1	0	2
Ryan Pressly	0.2	1	1	1
Enoli Paredes	0.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Leody Taveras: 3/G3
Willie Calhoun: 4/P3DF/FL
Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 43/G4MS

Bot 1

George Springer: S7/L7D+
Jose Altuve: CS2(24)
Jose Altuve: W
Michael Brantley: 7/L78D
Alex Bregman: W.1-2
Kyle Tucker: K

Top 2

Joey Gallo: K
Nick Solak: K
Rougned Odor: D9/L9L
Anderson Tejeda: K

Bot 2

Yuli Gurriel: 4/L4D
Carlos Correa: K
Josh Reddick: 13/G4MS+

Top 3

Ronald Guzman: 7/L7D
Jeff Mathis: 8/F89D
Leody Taveras: K

Bot 3

Martin Maldonado: K
George Springer: 4/P89S
Jose Altuve: S4/G4
Michael Brantley: 43/G34

Top 4

Willie Calhoun: K
Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 53/G56
Joey Gallo: 8/L89XD+

Bot 4

Alex Bregman: 63/G6+
Kyle Tucker: 9/F89
Yuli Gurriel: 63/G6

Top 5

Nick Solak: K
Rougned Odor: 43/G34D
Anderson Tejeda: K

Bot 5

Carlos Correa: 53/G56S
Josh Reddick: 43/G34
Martin Maldonado: K

Top 6

Ronald Guzman: 31/G34
Jeff Mathis: 53/G56S
Leody Taveras: D7/F7LS
Willie Calhoun: 6/P6M

Bot 6

George Springer: K
Jose Altuve: K
Michael Brantley: 31/G3D

Top 7

Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 63/G6
Joey Gallo: K
Nick Solak: 53/G56D

Bot 7

Alex Bregman: 9/F9LD
Kyle Tucker: S9/G4+
Yuli Gurriel: CS2(24)
Yuli Gurriel: 4/L1S

Top 8

Rougned Odor: 9/F9D
Anderson Tejeda: K
Ronald Guzman: S7/L7L
Jeff Mathis: K

Bot 8

Carlos Correa: 53/G5
Josh Reddick: 7/F78D
Martin Maldonado: W
George Springer: K

Top 9

Leody Taveras: E3/G3+
Willie Calhoun: K
Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 3/G3S.1-2
Joey Gallo: DGR/L9LD.2-H(UR)
Nick Solak: W
Rougned Odor: K

Bot 9

Jose Altuve: K
Michael Brantley: K
Alex Bregman: D7/L7LS
Kyle Tucker: 3/L3D

Notes & reviews

Rangers challenged call that was safe at 2nd; call overturned - caught stealing
Originally scored as single, changed to erron on 09-26-2020, making later run unearned

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