{"id":136293,"date":"2025-09-06T04:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T04:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/136293\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T04:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T04:40:07","slug":"rangers-4-3-astros-sep-5-2025-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/136293\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers 4-3 Astros (Sep 5, 2025) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARLINGTON, Texas — \u2014 Dustin Harris<\/a> hit a game-ending double in the 12th inning and the Texas Rangers<\/a> beat the AL West-leading Houston Astros<\/a> 4-3 on Friday night to close within a half-game of playoff position. <\/p>\n

Harris, a rookie called up from the minors earlier in the day when Adolis Garc\u00eda went on the 10-day injured list, grounded a ball past first base and down the right-field line. Cody Freeman<\/a>, the automatic runner, scored from second base. <\/p>\n

The Rangers (73-69) won for the 11th time in 15 games to move within four of Houston with 20 games left in the regular season \u2014 five of those head-to-head matchups. Texas is a half-game back of division-rival Seattle (73-68) for the final American League wild-card spot after the Mariners lost 4-1 at Atlanta<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Robert Garcia<\/a> (3-7), the fifth Rangers pitcher, retired all three batters he faced in the 12th. Lance McCullers Jr<\/a>. (2-5), the sixth Houston reliever, walked Wyatt Langford<\/a> to open the bottom half. <\/p>\n

Harris entered in the 10th as the automatic runner in place of Jake Burger<\/a>, whose two-run homer, a 439-foot drive, put the Rangers up 3-1 in the third. <\/p>\n

Carlos Correa<\/a> went the opposite way for his two-out homer in the eighth off the foul pole in right field. It came right after Jose Altuve<\/a> doubled to snap an 0-for-14 slide and tied the game 3-3.<\/p>\n

Key moments <\/p>\n

Texas came inches from winning in both the ninth and 10th. Langford\u2019s two-out drive in the ninth ricocheted near the top of the 8-foot wall in left field for a double before Burger struck out. With a runner at third in the 10th, Ezequiel Duran<\/a>‘s bunt slowly and barely rolled foul.<\/p>\n

Key stat <\/p>\n

Houston-born Merrill Kelly<\/a> limited the Astros to five singles and one run while striking out seven over seven innings. He is 2-1 with a 2.98 ERA in seven starts for Texas since being acquired from Arizona on July 31.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

A matchup of All-Star right-handers Saturday when Hunter Brown<\/a> (10-7, 2.34 ERA) starts for the Astros and Jacob deGrom<\/a> (11-6, 2.69) goes for Texas.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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