The Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 4-1 on May 16, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Joc Pederson went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Rangers.
- Jacob deGrom pitched 6.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Jose Altuve went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Kai-Wei Teng pitched 5.0 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Nimmo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Jung | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Justin Foscue | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alejandro Osuna | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Burger | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joc Pederson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Andrew McCutchen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Jansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Evan Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob deGrom | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Cal Quantrill | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Walker | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brice Matthews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kai-Wei Teng | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan King | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Blubaugh | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 0.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
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