Houston 7, Texas 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, July 23, 2021
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Nick Mahrley, 1B -
Alfonso Marquez, 2B -
Tim Timmons, 3B -
Carlos Torres
Attendance:
38853
By Field Level Media
Kyle Tucker capped a five-run third inning with a three-run home run and the Houston Astros sent the visiting Texas Rangers to their 10th consecutive loss with a 7-3 victory on Friday.
Tucker fouled off six consecutive pitches from Rangers left-hander Kolby Allard (2-8) before bashing a 91.6-mph, four-seam fastball out to right-center field. Tucker's 18th home run followed an RBI single from Yordan Alvarez and a run-scoring groundout by Carlos Correa. Tucker's bomb plated Yuli Gurriel and Correa to extend the Houston lead to 5-0.
The Astros tacked on two additional runs off Allard in the fourth. Gurriel pushed Houston to a 7-0 lead with his majors-leading 11th sacrifice fly after Robel Garcia scored on a Michael Brantley fielder's choice.
Allard allowed seven runs on seven hits and one walk with five strikeouts over four innings, and fell to 1-8 as a starter while suffering a sixth consecutive loss.
Texas last dropped 10 consecutive games during the 1995 season.
Astros right-hander Jake Odorizzi cruised through his first four innings of work, facing just two batters over the minimum while tossing 56 pitches. Yet, despite carrying a seven-run lead into the fifth and striking out the first two batters of that frame -- David Dahl and Curtis Terry for his third and fourth strikeouts in succession -- Odorizzi did not last long enough to earn the victory.
He suddenly came undone, giving up a double to Brock Holt and followed by walking Andy Ibanez. Isiah Kiner-Falefa added an RBI single before Nathaniel Lowe drilled a 3-1 fastball 403 feet to center for a two-run triple.
Odorizzi departed with Lowe at third base and his lead sliced to four runs after having allowed three hits and one walk over a four-batter stretch. He threw 30 pitches in the fifth inning and capped his ledger with three runs on four hits and two walks with six strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings.
Astros reliever Brandon Bielak (3-3) got the final out of the fifth and allowed one hit and recorded one strikeout over 2 1/3 scoreless innings.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Texas |
|
Houston |
|
Isiah Kiner-Falefa
| Player |
Robel Garcia |
|
2 |
Hits |
3 |
|
1 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
2 |
TB |
3 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Texas
|
6 |
0 |
9 |
.182 |
6 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Houston
|
8 |
1 |
12 |
.242 |
12 |
9 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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