HOU vs TEX — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballGlobe Life Field · Arlington, Texas

Houston

Astros

46-49 · 12-18 away

Final

Texas

Rangers

46-46 · 12-11 home

MLB.TV

Top hitters

HOU

AVG

.344▼

TEX

AVG

.303

Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Starting pitchers

HOU

Starter

Jason Alexander

Houston Astros · 1-1

6.0 IP, 9 ER, 4 K, 2 BB

Fastball Spin 27th

9.33 ERA · 14 K · 1.58 WHIP

TEX

Starter

Jack Leiter

Texas Rangers · 2-4

6.0 IP, 4 ER, 4 K, 3 BB

xwOBA 23rd

4.75 ERA · 64 K · 1.37 WHIP

Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Contact quality

HOU7 R · .399 xBA

TEX10 R · .362 xBA

TEX scored more despite the lower team xBA — HOU squared more up and had less to show for it.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

TEX win2nd in the AL West, 0½ GB

Looking ahead

The Rangers sit 2nd in the AL West, 0½ games back — coming off a loss, 6-4 over their last 10.
The Astros sit 3rd in the AL West, 2 games back — coming off a loss, 5-5 over their last 10.
The win pulls the Rangers back to .500 at 46-46.
HOU wins series 3-1.
The Rangers are up next home vs LAA (Jul 9), then home vs HOU.
The Astros are up next at TEX (Jul 10-12).

Line score

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	7	8	0
TEX	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		10	9	0

Statcast

Hardest hit · HOU
Y. Alvarez · Home Run
112.2 mph · 1.000 xBA
Hardest hit · TEX
J. Burger · Single
110 mph · .470 xBA
Longest hit
C. Smith · Home Run
457 ft · 1.000 xBA
Best barrel
Y. Alvarez · Home Run
110.1 mph · .990 xBA
Fastest pitch
J. Leiter · 4-Seam Fastball
98.4 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Evan Carter
TEX
+16%
Jake Burger
TEX
+11%
Josh Jung
TEX
+6%

Scoring summary

Burger singled to center, Nimmo scored and Osuna scored, Jung to second.1st Inning0-2
Carter tripled to right, Jung scored and Burger scored.1st Inning0-4
Duran doubled to center, Carter scored.1st Inning0-5
Pederson homered to right (399 feet), Duran scored and Higashioka scored.1st Inning0-8
Alvarez homered to right center (449 feet), Matthews scored and Peña scored.3rd Inning3-8
Carter homered to right (359 feet).3rd Inning3-9
Salazar hit by pitch, Smith scored, Matthews to second, Shewmake to third.4th Inning4-9
Alvarez homered to right (422 feet).8th Inning5-9
Smith homered to left center (457 feet).8th Inning6-9
Duran singled to left, Burger scored, Carter to second.8th Inning6-10
Peña homered to center (454 feet).9th Inning7-10

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J. Pena	1-4	4	2	1	1	1	1	0	14	.247	.309	.342
I. Paredes	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	.240	.332	.366
Y. Alvarez	2-5	5	2	2	4	2	0	2	13	.303	.414	.631
C. Walker	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.260	.333	.529
T. Trammell	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	14	.344	.417	.438
J. Meyers	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.207	.266	.345
C. Smith	1-3	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	16	.213	.307	.337
B. Shewmake	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	.281	.292	.469
Z. Dezenzo	1-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	.220	.289	.390
B. Matthews	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	17	.207	.260	.341
C. Salazar	0-2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.063	.211	.063
N. Allen	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.302	.362	.395

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
J. Alexander	6.0	6	9	9	2	4	2	100-67	9.33	100
A. Blubaugh	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	23-17	4.81	23

Win probability

HOU 0%TEX 100%

Win probability over timeTEX win %

Biggest swing: Burger singled to center, Nimmo scored and Osuna scored, Jung to second. (+11% TEX)

Team stats

HOUTEX

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

HOUTEX

9.39%

Barrel%

9.59%

39.86%

Hard-hit%

44.99%

.330

xwOBA

.330

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant