Houston Astros vs Texas Rangers Match Player Stats On Jun 03, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 3, 2017

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Houston Astros scored four times in the third inning and held on for a 6-5 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night to run their winning streak to nine.

It's the longest winning streak for Houston since it won 10 straight in 2015. All nine wins have come on the road, which is one shy of the franchise record.

The Rangers have now lost 10 of their last 13.

Houston did the bulk of its damage in thei third inning against Texas starter Andrew Cashner (2-5).

Six straight Astros reached against Cashner with one out. Carlos Correa's single broke the 1-1 tie and Carlos Beltran followed with a two-run single to right. Correa came around to score on a wild pitch to make it 5-1.

Houston right-hander Lance McCullers Jr., the American League pitcher of the month for May, didn't figure in the decision as Texas chased him by rallying for three runs in the fifth to cut the lead to 5-4.

Elvis Andrus, who gave Texas an early 1-0 lead with an RBI single in the first inning, lined a two-run double to left-center field to trim the Houston lead to 5-3. Adrian Beltre followed with an RBI single to make it a one-run game and end the night for McCullers.

Chris Devenski (4-3) came on and struck out Rougned Odor and Jonathon Lucroy with the tying run at second. Devenski didn't allow a run in 1 2/3 innings and struck out three.

McCullers gave up four runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings while striking out eight.

Cashner matched his career high by allowing 11 hits. He pitched six innings and was charged with five runs.

Jose Altuve gave the Astros some insurance with a solo homer in the top of the ninth.

The Rangers cut the deficit to 6-5 on a single by Beltre with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, but Ken Giles struck out Odor to end the game for his 15th save.

Six Houston pitchers combined for 18 strikeouts.

Beltran tied the score at 1 in the second inning with a homer and finished with three hits and three RBIs. Altuve also had three hits.

Andrus collected three of the nine Texas hits. He has a nine-game hitting streak.

NOTES: Texas 1B Mike Napoli left the game in the fourth inning because of back spasms. ... The Rangers are undecided on a Tuesday starter against the New York Mets. They will decide between RHPs Nick Martinez, Austin Bibens-Dirkx or Dillon Gee. ... The Astros have won consecutive series against the Rangers for the first time since August 2014.