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Texas Rangers @ Houston Astros

2026-07-31 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 36621 · 73°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 3:01

Houston Astros defeated Texas Rangers 11–2. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 2nd — LaMonte Wade Jr. doubles (3) on a line drive to right fielder Brandon Nimmo. Taylor Trammell scores. Yainer Diaz to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Yordan Alvarez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Wyatt Langford. Yainer Diaz scores. LaMonte Wade Jr. scores. Jeremy Peña to 3rd — worth 14% 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	2	0	0	0	2	8
HOU	0	3	0	1	2	0	4	1	0	11	18

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joc Pederson DH	1	1	1	1	2	0
Justin Foscue 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wyatt Langford LF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Corey Seager SS	3	1	2	0	0	1
Cameron Cauley SS	1	0	0	0	0	1
Brandon Nimmo RF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ezequiel Duran 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Evan Carter CF	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jake Burger 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Nicky Lopez P	4	0	0	0	0	0
Alejandro Osuna PH	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Wynns C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Elias Diaz C	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jeremy Pena SS	5	1	3	3	0	1
Zach Dezenzo DH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yordan Alvarez DH	3	0	2	2	2	1
Isaac Paredes 3B	3	1	2	2	2	0
Christian Walker 1B	5	1	1	1	0	0
Nick Allen 2B	1	1	1	0	0	0
Jose Altuve 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Taylor Trammell LF	5	1	1	0	0	1
Yainer Diaz C	5	2	4	1	0	0
LaMonte Wade LF	3	1	1	1	1	1
Lucas Spence CF	1	1	1	1	0	0
Cam Smith RF	5	2	2	0	0	2