The Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 12-3 on Sep 6, 2023 at Globe Life Field.
Final · Globe Life Field
Top performers
- Jose Abreu went 3-for-5 with 2 home runs and 7 RBI for the Astros.
- Justin Verlander pitched 7.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Marcus Semien went 4-for-4 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Rangers.
- Max Scherzer pitched 3.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 7 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
Houston Astros box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Pena | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Abreu | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin Maldonado | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Brantley | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Tucker | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Grae Kessinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 39 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kendall Graveman | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Texas Rangers box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Semien | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Seager | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Jankowski | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mitch Garver | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jonah Heim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Robbie Grossman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leody Taveras | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adolis Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Scherzer | 3.0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Cody Bradford | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Leclerc | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brock Burke | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Team | 7.2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous Sep 5, 2023: HOU 14, TEX 1 · Next Sep 8, 2023: SD 11, HOU 2
- Rangers · 2023 season · Previous Sep 5, 2023: HOU 14, TEX 1 · Next Sep 8, 2023: ATH 6, TEX 3