The Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 7-3 on Friday night with home runs from Wyatt Langford and Jake Burger in the eighth inning. Langford’s leadoff homer and Burger’s three-run shot came off Bryan King after the Astros had rallied from an early 3-0 deficit to tie the score in the seventh inning.
Rangers Take the Lead
The Rangers took a 2-0 lead on Hunter Brown in the first inning and made it 3-0 in the fifth on Joc Pederson’s home run. Yordan Alvarez’s 455-foot shot to right field leading off the sixth was his sixth in five games at Globe Life Field this season and 18th in 35 career regular-season games at the park.
Texas starter Cal Quantrill allowed the one run on Alvarez’s homer, one of five hits, and walked one in a season-high six innings making his fourth consecutive start following 15 relief appearances. His 79 pitches were also a season high.
Houston tied the score at 3 in the seventh on Yainer Diaz’s two-run homer off Chris Martin. Brown gave up three runs in six innings. The 2025 All-Star made his fifth start after missing 2½ months with a strained shoulder and matched a career high with five walks to go with four hits.
Original reporting: Dallas TX News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
