Houston Astros vs Texas Rangers Match Player Stats On Jun 04, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 4, 2017

ARLINGTON, Texas -- George Springer homered twice as the Houston Astros ran their winning streak to 10 by pounding the Texas Rangers 7-2 on Sunday.

The 10-game winning streak matches a run by the Rangers for the longest of the season. The Astros also tied a franchise best by winning their 10th straight road game. Houston won 10 straight away from home in 1989.

Houston has won six of the seven meetings against Texas, which has dropped four straight and 11 of its past 14 games.

Springer started the game by homering off Martin Perez (2-6). That started a run in which the Astros scored in the first five innings, including hitting four solo home runs, to build a 7-0 lead.

Carlos Correa homered off Perez in the third, and Springer hit another solo homer off Perez in the fourth. Yuli Gurriel's solo homer in the fifth came off Texas reliever Tony Barnette.

Perez matched a career high by allowing three homers and was tagged for six runs (five earned) in 3 2/3 innings, matching his shortest start of the season.

The beneficiary of all the run support was Brad Peacock (3-0), who picked up his first win since joining the Houston rotation in May. Peacock gave up just four hits and two runs in six innings while striking out nine. He didn't allow a hit until Nomar Mazara singled with one out in the fourth inning.

Carlos Beltran followed Springer's first-inning homer with an RBI double. Springer drove in a second-inning run with a single, and Gurriel added a sacrifice fly in the third.

Springer had three of the nine Houston hits, and Gurriel went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs. Correa also had two hits. Springer's big game extended his hitting streak to nine, and the right fielder has multiple hits in six straight outings.

The Rangers got on the board in the fifth on a solo homer from Rougned Odor. Joey Gallo made it a 7-2 game with an RBI single in the sixth inning. Texas had just six hits and struck out 13 times one day after striking out 18 times.

NOTES: The Rangers are still undecided on a starter for Tuesday's game against the New York Mets, but they will likely go with either RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx or RHP Dillon Gee. ... The Astros will start RHP David Paulino on Tuesday at Kansas City as they will not activate RHP Joe Musgrove (shoulder) from the disabled list. ... Texas 1B Mike Napoli missed his third game on the homestand because of back spasms.