The Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 8-0 on May 17, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Jake Burger went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Rangers.
- Nathan Eovaldi pitched 7.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 0 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Nick Allen went 1-for-2 for the Astros.
- Peter Lambert pitched 6.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 5 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Carter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Higashioka | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Nimmo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Burger | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Jung | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Justin Foscue | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alejandro Osuna | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joc Pederson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Andrew McCutchen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Eovaldi | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Gavin Collyer | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brice Matthews | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cesar Salazar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Allen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Vazquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shay Whitcomb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Lambert | 6.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Cody Bolton | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Before and after
- Rangers · 2026 season · Previous May 16, 2026: TEX 1, HOU 4 · Next May 18, 2026: TEX 6, COL 7
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous May 16, 2026: TEX 1, HOU 4 · Next May 18, 2026: HOU 3, MIN 6