The Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 8-5 on Oct 18, 2023 in the postseason at Globe Life Field.
Final · Postseason · Globe Life Field
Top performers
- Jose Altuve went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Cristian Javier pitched 5.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Josh Jung went 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI for the Rangers.
- Max Scherzer pitched 4.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Brantley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Abreu | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin Maldonado | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Tucker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristian Javier | 5.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Hector Neris | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Seager | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adolis Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonah Heim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Jung | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Evan Carter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marcus Semien | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mitch Garver | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Leody Taveras | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
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 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Martin Perez | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Bradford | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Gray | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous Oct 16, 2023: TEX 5, HOU 4 · Next Oct 19, 2023: HOU 10, TEX 3
- Rangers · 2023 season · Previous Oct 16, 2023: TEX 5, HOU 4 · Next Oct 19, 2023: HOU 10, TEX 3