Texas Rangers at Houston Astros Box Score, August 21, 2020
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Texas Rangers (43-85) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
![]() | Houston Astros (70-58) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 12 | 0 |
Texas Rangers
| Season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI |
| E. Andrus SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .291 | 7 | 48 |
| N. Solak LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .264 | 12 | 44 |
| D. Santana CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .260 | 22 | 73 |
| J. Gallo RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .216 | 36 | 80 |
| R. Odor 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 | 16 | 50 |
| S. Choo DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 | 10 | 35 |
| T. Frazier 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .190 | 11 | 47 |
| R. Guzman 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .209 | 13 | 44 |
| I. Kiner-Falefa C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .295 | 4 | 19 |
| Totals | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 15 | |||
Houston Astros
| Season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI |
| K. Tucker RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .271 | 17 | 67 |
| J. Altuve 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .295 | 19 | 78 |
| Y. Alvarez 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .295 | 29 | 109 |
| A. Bregman 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | 22 | 76 |
| G. Springer CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .284 | 30 | 78 |
| M. Brantley LF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .348 | 18 | 65 |
| C. Correa SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .230 | 11 | 55 |
| A. Diaz DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .227 | 5 | 14 |
| G. Stubbs C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .277 | 2 | 17 |
| Totals | 35 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | |||
Texas Rangers
Houston Astros
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Verlander W (10-9) | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 115 | 77 | 4.50 |
| J. James | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 6.55 |
Play By Play
| TOP OF THE 1ST - Texas Rangers batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Justin Verlander | |
|---|---|
| Pitching: RHP Justin Verlander | |
| Batting: RHB Elvis Andrus |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, P, EV 87.5 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Nick Solak | 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 78.8 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Danny Santana |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 93.1 MPH) |
| Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 0 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 1ST - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Texas Rangers : RHP Lance Lynn | |
| Pitching: RHP Lance Lynn | |
| Batting: LHB Kyle Tucker | 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 98.8 MPH), Distance : 420 ft |
| Batting: RHB Jose Altuve |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 84.4 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Yordan Alvarez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Alex Bregman | 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 91.2 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 1st over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 1 | |
| TOP OF THE 2ND - Texas Rangers batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Justin Verlander | |
| Batting: LHB Joey Gallo |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: LHB Rougned Odor | 0-0: SINGLE (Popup, 3D, EV 56.9 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Shin-Soo Choo |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 3D, EV 57.5 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Todd Frazier |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 104.4 MPH) Rougned Odor to second |
| Batting: LHB Ronald Guzman |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 1 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 2ND - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Texas Rangers : RHP Lance Lynn | |
| Batting: RHB George Springer |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 100.6 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Michael Brantley |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 71.2 MPH) Lined into DP, 6-3 (Line Drive, 6, EV 66.9 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Carlos Correa |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 7LS, EV 98.1 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Aledmys Diaz |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.0 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 1 | |
| TOP OF THE 3RD - Texas Rangers batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Justin Verlander | |
| Batting: RHB Isiah Kiner-Falefa |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 102.5 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Elvis Andrus |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-6 (Groundball, 13, EV 71.9 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Nick Solak |
0-0: Ball Elvis Andrus steals 2nd base 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: SHB Danny Santana |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 102.5 MPH) |
| Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 1 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 3RD - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Texas Rangers : RHP Lance Lynn | |
| Batting: LHB Garrett Stubbs |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls |
| Batting: LHB Kyle Tucker |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 108.1 MPH) Garrett Stubbs to second |
| Batting: RHB Jose Altuve |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 93.8 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Yordan Alvarez | 0-0: Fly out, F6 (Flyball, 56D, EV 94.4 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Alex Bregman |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 105.0 MPH) Garrett Stubbs scores Kyle Tucker to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to trailing runner, SAFE at third! |
| Batting: RHB George Springer |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 91.2 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 3rd over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 3 | |
| TOP OF THE 4TH - Texas Rangers batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Justin Verlander | |
| Batting: LHB Joey Gallo |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 106.2 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Rougned Odor |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 97.5 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Shin-Soo Choo |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 90.6 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Todd Frazier |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out looking |
| Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 3 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 4TH - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Texas Rangers : RHP Lance Lynn | |
| Batting: LHB Michael Brantley |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 93.8 MPH), Distance : 429 ft |
| Batting: RHB Carlos Correa |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls |
| Batting: RHB Aledmys Diaz |
0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 68.8 MPH) Carlos Correa to second |
| Batting: LHB Garrett Stubbs |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 103.1 MPH) Carlos Correa to third |
| Batting: LHB Kyle Tucker |
0-0: Called Strike Garrett Stubbs steals 2nd base 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 103.8 MPH) Carlos Correa scores Garrett Stubbs to third |
| Pitching: RHP Jordan Lyles | |
| Batting: RHB Jose Altuve |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56, EV 71.2 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 4th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 5 | |
| TOP OF THE 5TH - Texas Rangers batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Justin Verlander | |
| Batting: LHB Ronald Guzman |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LD, EV 103.8 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Isiah Kiner-Falefa |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls |
| Batting: RHB Elvis Andrus |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 81.9 MPH) |
| Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 5 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 5TH - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Texas Rangers : RHP Jordan Lyles | |
| Batting: LHB Yordan Alvarez |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 80.6 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Alex Bregman |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 103.8 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB George Springer |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F4 (Flyball, 34D, EV 78.8 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Michael Brantley |
0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 94.4 MPH) Alex Bregman to third |
| Batting: RHB Carlos Correa |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, P, EV 87.5 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 5 | |
| TOP OF THE 6TH - Texas Rangers batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Justin Verlander | |
| Batting: RHB Nick Solak |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 91.2 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Danny Santana |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Joey Gallo |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Strikes out looking |
| Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 5 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 6TH - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Texas Rangers : RHP Jordan Lyles | |
| Batting: RHB Aledmys Diaz |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls |
| Batting: LHB Garrett Stubbs |
0-0: Called Strike Aledmys Diaz steals 2nd base 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Pitching: RHP Zac Grotz | |
| Batting: LHB Kyle Tucker |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 101.2 MPH) Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd, no throw by RF |
| Batting: RHB Jose Altuve |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD, EV 111.9 MPH), Distance : 353 ft |
| Batting: LHB Yordan Alvarez |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Bottom of the 6th over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 7 | |
| TOP OF THE 7TH - Texas Rangers batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Justin Verlander | |
| Batting: LHB Rougned Odor |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 80.6 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Shin-Soo Choo |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 8LS, EV 97.5 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Todd Frazier |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 96.2 MPH) Shin-Soo Choo to second |
| Batting: LHB Ronald Guzman |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Isiah Kiner-Falefa |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9D, EV 99.4 MPH) |
| Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 7 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 7TH - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Texas Rangers : RHP Zac Grotz | |
| Batting: RHB Alex Bregman | 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 91.9 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB George Springer |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 96.2 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Michael Brantley | 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 109.4 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Carlos Correa |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 23, EV 85.6 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 7 | |
| TOP OF THE 8TH - Texas Rangers batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Justin Verlander | |
| Pitching: RHP Josh James | |
| Batting: RHB Elvis Andrus |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Hit by Pitch |
| Batting: RHB Nick Solak |
0-0: Ball Wild Pitch! Elvis Andrus to second 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: SHB Danny Santana |
0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 105.0 MPH) Elvis Andrus to third |
| Batting: LHB Joey Gallo |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 7 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 8TH - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Texas Rangers : RHP Zac Grotz | |
| Batting: RHB Aledmys Diaz | 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4M, EV 101.9 MPH) (infield hit) |
| Batting: LHB Garrett Stubbs |
0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 65.0 MPH) Aledmys Diaz to second |
| Batting: LHB Kyle Tucker |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 85.0 MPH) Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd, no throw by CF |
| Batting: RHB Jose Altuve |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 103.1 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 7 | |
| TOP OF THE 9TH - Texas Rangers batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Josh James | |
| Batting: LHB Rougned Odor | 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 94.4 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Shin-Soo Choo |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Todd Frazier |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Texas 0 - Houston 7 | |




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