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Texas Rangers @ Houston Astros

2026-08-02 · Day game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 33955 · 73°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:56

Houston Astros defeated Texas Rangers 7–3. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 3rd — Jose Altuve singles on a ground ball to third baseman Ezequiel Duran, deflected by pitcher Kumar Rocker. Yordan Alvarez scores. Taylor Trammell to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Brandon Nimmo homers (11) on a fly ball to right field — worth 19% 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	1	0	0	3	6
HOU	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	7	15	1

Texas Rangers — batting

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

Houston Astros — batting

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