The Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 6-5 on Jul 12, 2026 at Globe Life Field.
Final · Globe Life Field
Top performers
- Jose Altuve went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Cristian Javier pitched 3.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Kyle Higashioka went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Rangers.
- MacKenzie Gore pitched 4.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 1 earned run 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cam Smith | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Christian Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Vazquez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Trammell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristian Javier | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Bryan King | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Hader | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Langford | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Higashioka | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Joc Pederson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Burger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Josh Jung | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Evan Carter | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Justin Foscue | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elias Diaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Cauley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacKenzie Gore | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Tyler Alexander | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jacob Latz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Winn | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Peyton Gray | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robby Ahlstrom | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Jul 11, 2026: HOU 9, TEX 3 · Next Jul 17, 2026: BAL 3, HOU 2
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