The Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 5-4 on Oct 20, 2023 in the postseason at Globe Life Field.
Final · Postseason · Globe Life Field
Top performers
- Jose Altuve went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Astros.
- Justin Verlander pitched 5.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 4 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Adolis Garcia went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Rangers.
- Jordan Montgomery pitched 5.1 innings for the Rangers, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jose Abreu | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Tucker | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Maldonado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Brantley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yainer Diaz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Singleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
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 | 5.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Ryan Pressly | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hector Neris | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Seager | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Heim | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leody Taveras | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Jung | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Evan Carter | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mitch Garver | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Adolis Garcia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Montgomery | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Jose Leclerc | 1.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous Oct 19, 2023: HOU 10, TEX 3 · Next Oct 22, 2023: TEX 9, HOU 2
- Rangers · 2023 season · Previous Oct 19, 2023: HOU 10, TEX 3 · Next Oct 22, 2023: TEX 9, HOU 2