The Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 4-3 on Sep 5, 2025 at Globe Life Field.
Final · Globe Life Field
Top performers
- Carlos Correa went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- AJ Blubaugh pitched 2.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Jake Burger went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Rangers.
- Merrill Kelly pitched 7.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 1 earned run with 7 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Walker | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jesus Sanchez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taylor Trammell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cam Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yainer Diaz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Urias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 43 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Blubaugh | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Steven Okert | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan King | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Freeman | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Burger | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Josh Jung | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Higashioka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wyatt Langford | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Alejandro Osuna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowdy Tellez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dylan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Heim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dustin Harris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joc Pederson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 39 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrill Kelly | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Martin | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Garcia | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 12.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2025 season · Previous Sep 4, 2025: NYY 8, HOU 4 · Next Sep 6, 2025: HOU 11, TEX 0
- Rangers · 2025 season · Previous Sep 3, 2025: TEX 0, ARI 2 · Next Sep 6, 2025: HOU 11, TEX 0