{"id":394348,"date":"2026-08-01T04:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T04:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394348\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T04:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T04:08:07","slug":"yainer-diaz-powers-the-astros-past-the-rangers-11-2-pushing-houston-into-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394348\/","title":{"rendered":"Yainer Diaz powers the Astros past the Rangers 11-2, pushing Houston into first"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON — – Yainer Diaz<\/a> homered and tied a career high with four hits and Isaac Paredes<\/a> and Christian Walker<\/a> also went deep to lead the Houston Astros<\/a> to an 11-2 rout of the Texas Rangers<\/a> Friday night that put them in first place in the AL West.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Pe\u00f1a had three RBI and Yordan Alvarez<\/a> added two as the Astros tied a season high with 18 hits for their ninth win in 10 games to move a half-game ahead of Texas atop the division.<\/p>\n

There were runners on first and third with one out in the second when LaMonte Wade Jr<\/a>. doubled to make it 1-0. Nathan Eovaldi<\/a> (10-9) plunked Pe\u00f1a on the arm to load the bases with two outs.<\/p>\n

Alvarez followed with a single on a grounder to left field to score two and push the lead to 3-0.<\/p>\n

Cam Smith<\/a> tripled with two outs in the fourth before Pe\u00f1a extended his hit streak to 12 games with a single that made it 4-0.<\/p>\n

Paredes and Walker hit back-to-back home runs off Eovaldi to open the fifth inning and leave Houston up 6-0.<\/p>\n

Joc Pederson<\/a> homered and Corey Seager<\/a> doubled and had two hits for the Rangers in his return after missing 23 games with inflammation in his lower back as they dropped a third straight.<\/p>\n

Pederson’s home run to right-center field cut the lead to 6-1 in the sixth. Evan Carter<\/a> hit an RBI single with two outs in the sixth to make it 6-2.<\/p>\n

Diaz’s solo homer was the first of four runs Houston scored with two outs in the seventh that pushed the lead to 10-2.<\/p>\n

Houston starter Hunter Brown<\/a> (3-1) yielded six hits and two runs in 5 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

Eovaldi allowed 10 hits and tied a season high with six runs in five innings.<\/p>\n

Up Next<\/p>\n

Texas RHP Jacob deGrom<\/a> (7-6, 3.67 ERA) opposes RHP Ronel Blanco<\/a> (0-1, 8.10) when the series continues Saturday night.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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