Texas 9, Houston 8
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, July 12, 2019
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature:
90°
Umpires:
Home -
Rob Drake, 1B -
Mike Muchlinski, 2B -
Tim Timmons, 3B -
Mike Winters
Attendance:
32322
By Field Level Media
Danny Santana delivered a walk-off single with two outs in the ninth inning, plating Elvis Andrus and delivering the Texas Rangers a 9-8 win over the Houston Astros on Friday in Arlington.
Texas rallied from a four-run deficit against the Houston bullpen, capping the comeback against Astros closer Roberto Osuna (3-2).
The Rangers slugged five home runs to outlast the Astros and claim the opening two games of this four-game set. Shawn Kelley (5-2) pitched a perfect ninth in the victory.
Houston belted four home runs, with rookie Yordan Alvarez recording his first multi-homer game. Yuli Gurriel and Jose Altuve also homered, notching their 15th and 11th respectively.
Trailing 8-4 entering the bottom of the seventh, the Rangers scored a pair of runs in each of their ensuing two at-bats.
Tim Federowicz smacked Texas' fourth homer, a solo shot off Astros right-hander Will Harris. The Rangers tacked on another run that frame on a throwing error by catcher Robinson Chirinos, then tied the game in the eighth when Ronald Guzman clanked a 419-foot, two-run blast off the right field foul pole against reliever Hector Rondon.
Astros right-hander Gerrit Cole surrendered four earned runs -- his most in nine starts -- and three solo homers, yet departed with a 7-4 lead based on his otherwise dominant performance. His 13 strikeouts were one shy of his season high of 14 recorded on June 7 against Baltimore.
Shin-Soo Choo, Santana and Joey Gallo all homered off Cole, with Choo socking his 14th on an 0-2 fastball leading off the first inning. Santana pulled the Rangers even at 2-2 with a 431-foot shot into the upper deck in right field in the second inning before Gallo tied the game at 3-3 with his 21st home run to right-center field in the fourth.
Texas squared the game again in the fifth when Andrus delivered an RBI single to right field that scored Guzman.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston |
|
Texas |
Gerrit Cole
|
Player |
Jesse Chavez
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
6.0 |
IP |
5.1 |
13 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
5 |
Hits |
7 |
6.00 |
ERA |
10.12 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Houston
|
9 |
4 |
21 |
.257 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Texas
|
10 |
5 |
25 |
.270 |
17 |
17 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
1 |