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Texas Rangers @ Houston Astros

2026-05-17 · Day game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 34893 · 73°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:25

Texas Rangers defeated Houston Astros 8–0. Texas Rangers opened the scoring in the 5th — Jake Burger homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. Alejandro Osuna scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Jake Burger homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. Alejandro Osuna scores — worth 23% 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	2	0	5	0	1	8	7
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Evan Carter CF	5	0	0	0	0	2
Brandon Nimmo RF	4	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Haggerty LF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Jung 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joc Pederson DH	1	1	0	0	2	1
Andrew McCutchen DH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ezequiel Duran SS	4	1	1	0	0	0
Alejandro Osuna RF	3	2	1	0	0	0
Jake Burger 1B	4	2	2	4	0	1
Justin Foscue 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Kyle Higashioka C	4	2	2	3	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Brice Matthews 2B	4	1	0	1
Christian Vazquez DH	1	0	0	0
Yordan Alvarez DH	3	0	0	2
Shay Whitcomb 1B	1	0	0	0
Christian Walker 1B	2	0	0	1
Zach Cole CF	4	0	0	2
Zach Dezenzo LF	4	2	0	1
Braden Shewmake 3B	4	1	0	1
Cam Smith RF	2	0	1	1
Cesar Salazar C	3	0	0	1
Nick Allen SS	2	1	1	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Gavin Collyer	2.0	0	0	0	0	2
Nathan Eovaldi	7.0	5	0	0	2	8

Houston Astros — pitching