{"id":369104,"date":"2026-07-11T03:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/369104\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T03:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:59:20","slug":"houston-astros-drop-opener-of-key-series-against-texas-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/369104\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Astros drop opener of key series against Texas Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Houston<br \/>\nAB<br \/>\nR<br \/>\nH<br \/>\nBI<br \/>\nBB<br \/>\nSO<br \/>\nAvg.<\/p>\n<p>Totals<br \/>\n33<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n8<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n2<\/p>\n<p>Pe\u00f1a ss<br \/>\n4<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.294<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez dh<br \/>\n4<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.312<\/p>\n<p>Paredes 3b<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.251<\/p>\n<p>Walker 1b<br \/>\n4<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.239<\/p>\n<p>Altuve 2b<br \/>\n4<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n.235<\/p>\n<p>Wade lf<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.250<\/p>\n<p>c-Dezenzo ph<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n.218<\/p>\n<p>Smith rf<br \/>\n4<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.218<\/p>\n<p>Diaz c<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.244<\/p>\n<p>Matthews cf<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.197<\/p>\n<p>Texas<br \/>\nAB<br \/>\nR<br \/>\nH<br \/>\nBI<br \/>\nBB<br \/>\nSO<br \/>\nAvg.<\/p>\n<p>Totals<br \/>\n30<br \/>\n7<br \/>\n8<br \/>\n7<br \/>\n6<br \/>\n7<\/p>\n<p>Pederson dh<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.237<\/p>\n<p>b-D\u00edaz ph-dh<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.271<\/p>\n<p>Langford lf<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n.276<\/p>\n<p>Jung 3b<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n.297<\/p>\n<p>Nimmo rf<br \/>\n4<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n.260<\/p>\n<p>Burger 1b<br \/>\n4<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n4<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.244<\/p>\n<p>Duran ss<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.269<\/p>\n<p>Carter cf<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.180<\/p>\n<p>Lopez 2b<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n.321<\/p>\n<p>a-Foscue ph-2b<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n.284<\/p>\n<p>Higashioka c<br \/>\n4<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n.219<\/p>\n<p>Houston<br \/>\n000<br \/>\n001<br \/>\n200_3<br \/>\n8<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>Texas<br \/>\n200<br \/>\n010<br \/>\n04x_7<br \/>\n8<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>a-struck out for Lopez in the 7th. b-popped out for Pederson in the 7th. c-struck out for Wade in the 9th.<\/p>\n<p>LOB_Houston 4, Texas 5. 2B_Nimmo (21), Lopez (3). 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