Texas 5, Houston 4
When: 8:05 PM ET, Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature:
92°
Umpires:
Home -
Lance Barksdale, 1B -
Victor Carapazza, 2B -
Gary Cederstrom, 3B -
Kerwin Danley
Attendance:
38699
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Rangers 5, Astros 4: Elvis Andrus hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning as host Texas completed a three-game sweep and improved to 14-2 this season against Houston.
Andrus hit a fly to left field off Chia-Jen Lo (0-1) for the second out to score pinch runner Adam Rosales as the Rangers increased their American League West lead over the Oakland Athletics to 2 1/2 games. Texas has won 18 of its last 22 games.
Craig Gentry homered and scored three times and Joe Nathan (4-2) worked a scoreless top of the ninth for the Rangers. Jason Castro homered and scored three times for Houston.
The Astros took advantage of a shaky outing by reliever Tanner Scheppers to tie the contest in the eighth. Chris Carter’s bloop single pulled Houston within 4-3 and Scheppers hit the next two batters, including Max Stassi in the face to force in the tying run.
The Rangers had a 4-2 advantage in the seventh after Andrus laid down a suicide-squeeze bunt on a 3-0 pitch to score Gentry.
GAME NOTEBOOK: 2B Ian Kinsler and 3B Adrian Beltre each had two of the Rangers’ seven hits. … Astros SS Jonathan Villar (thumb) was held out of the lineup. … Texas starter Derek Holland allowed two runs and four hits in six-plus innings while Houston’s Erik Bedard gave up three runs (two earned) and five hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Houston |
|
Texas |
|
Erik Bedard
|
Player |
Derek Holland
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.1 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
5 |
Hits |
4 |
|
4.15 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Houston
|
8 |
1 |
12 |
.250 |
13 |
8 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
| Texas
|
7 |
1 |
10 |
.241 |
12 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
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