The Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 6-5 on Sep 16, 2025 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Jonah Heim went 2-for-2 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Rangers.
- Merrill Kelly pitched 3.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 6 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Jose Altuve went 1-for-2 with 2 RBI for the Astros.
- AJ Blubaugh pitched 3.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Higashioka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Smith | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Jung | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wyatt Langford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Burger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cody Freeman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alejandro Osuna | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joc Pederson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonah Heim | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rowdy Tellez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adolis Garcia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrill Kelly | 3.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Cole Winn | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Martin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Coulombe | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Altuve | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Victor Caratini | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jesus Sanchez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Blubaugh | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 0.2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Rangers · 2025 season · Previous Sep 15, 2025: TEX 3, HOU 6 · Next Sep 17, 2025: TEX 2, HOU 5
- Astros · 2025 season · Previous Sep 15, 2025: TEX 3, HOU 6 · Next Sep 17, 2025: TEX 2, HOU 5