Houston Astros at Texas Rangers
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Yordan Alvarez homers twice for 2nd consecutive game to help Astros beat Rangers 4-3
Alvarez's fifth homer in three games put him at 20 on the same night Munetaka Murakami reached that number for the Chicago White Sox. Philadelphia slugger Kyle Schwarber leads the majors with 21.
Joc Pederson also had two solo homers for the Rangers, giving him six for the season, and finished with three hits and scored three times.
Pederson's second long ball pulled Texas within a run in the eighth after the Astros went ahead 4-2 following Alvarez's homer when Christian Walker scored from first on reliever Tyler Alexander's throwing error on Taylor Trammell's sacrifice bunt.
Alvarez went deep in back-to-back games for the first time in his eight big league seasons.
The first solo shot off Jacob deGrom pulled the Astros even at 2-all in the fourth inning. Alvarez led off the eighth with a 448-foot drive off Alexander, who had entered the game for the lefty-lefty matchup. It landed not far from Alvarez's 449-foot homer in a 10-7 Houston loss a night earlier.
The Rangers walked Alvarez intentionally with a runner on first in the ninth, and Gavin Collyer struck out Walker to end the inning.
Houston right-hander Mike Burrows (3-6) matched his longest outing of the season at seven innings, allowing five hits and two runs with six strikeouts.
Enyel De Los Santos retired the final five Texas batters with three strikeouts for his fourth save.
The third attempt by deGrom for his 100th career victory ended in a no-decision. The Texas right-hander gave up four hits and two runs with six strikeouts and a walk in six innings.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Jansen struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Foscue grounded out to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | Carter struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Walker struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Alvarez intentionally walked, Peña to second. |
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9th Inning | Peña singled to left. |
Statistics
 HOU |
 TEX |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 13 | Ground Balls | 8 |
| 8 | Strikeouts | 10 |
| 3 | Runs Batted In | 3 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 8 | Hits | 6 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
| 4 | Walks | 2 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 4 | Runs | 3 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 33 | At Bats | 33 |
| 2 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 17 | Runners Left On Base | 11 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 1 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 1 | Doubles | 0 |
| 14 | Fly Balls | 15 |
| 1 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 156 | Pitches | 126 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 1 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 15 | Total Bases | 12 |
| 39 | Plate Appearances | 35 |
| 324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 3 | Extra Base Hits | 2 |
| 4.8 | Runs Created | 2.9 |
| .242 | Batting Average | .182 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .455 | Slugging Percentage | .364 |
| .303 | Secondary Average | .273 |
| .316 | On Base Percentage | .229 |
| .770 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .592 |
| 0.9 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.5 |
| 4.6 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 2.9 |
| 30.0 | Batter Rating | 25.0 |
| 16.5 | At Bats Per Home Run | 16.5 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 4.00 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.60 |
| .212 | Isolated Power | .182 |
| 0.50 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.20 |
| .103 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .057 |
| .061 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .091 |
| 7.0 | Runs Produced | 6.0 |
| 0.8 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.5 | Patience Ratio | 0.4 |
| 0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.2 |
| 82.0 | MLB Rating | 74.5 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Arlington, Texas
Attendance: 27,073 | Capacity:
2026 American League West Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Seattle |
- | 31 | W1 | 0.52307695 | 34 |
| Texas |
2.5 | 33 | L1 | 0.484375 | 31 |
 Athletics |
3.5 | 34 | L3 | 0.46875 | 30 |
| Houston |
4.5 | 36 | W2 | 0.45454547 | 30 |
 Los Angeles |
10 | 41 | L2 | 0.36923078 | 24 |