The Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 5-4 on Oct 16, 2023 in the postseason at Daikin Park.
Final · Postseason · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Jonah Heim went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Rangers.
- Nathan Eovaldi pitched 6.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 3 earned runs with 9 strikeouts.
- Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-3 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Framber Valdez pitched 2.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 4 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
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 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Corey Seager | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mitch Garver | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonah Heim | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Jung | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Adolis Garcia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Robbie Grossman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leody Taveras | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Evan Carter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Eovaldi | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Jose Leclerc | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Tucker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Brantley | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Abreu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin Maldonado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framber Valdez | 2.2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
Before and after
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