The Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 on May 18, 2025 at Globe Life Field.
Final · Globe Life Field
Top performers
- Isaac Paredes went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Astros.
- Framber Valdez pitched 7.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 3 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Jonah Heim went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Rangers.
- Jack Leiter pitched 7.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cam Smith | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Altuve | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Meyers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
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 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Josh Hader | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Pillar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adolis Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sam Haggerty | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Burger | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Jung | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wyatt Langford | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jonah Heim | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Semien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Leiter | 7.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Luke Jackson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Garcia | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Martin | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2025 season · Previous May 17, 2025: HOU 1, TEX 5 · Next May 19, 2025: HOU 4, TB 3
- Rangers · 2025 season · Previous May 17, 2025: HOU 1, TEX 5 · Next May 20, 2025: TEX 2, NYY 5