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05/16 20:53 CDT Yordan Alvarez hits 1 of Astros' 4 homers off Rangers' Jacob
deGrom in 4-1 win
Yordan Alvarez hits 1 of Astros' 4 homers off Rangers' Jacob deGrom in 4-1 win
HOUSTON (AP) --- Yordan Alvarez hit his 15th homer and the Houston Astros
matched a season high with four longballs in a 4-1 win over the Rangers on
Saturday night that left Texas' Jacob deGrom stuck at 99 career wins.
Jose Altuve sent deGrom's third pitch of the game into the Crawford Boxes in
left field for the 42nd leadoff homer of his career. Alvarez also went deep in
the first.
Altuve left the game in the ninth inning with an undisclosed injury.
Christian Walker opened the third inning with his 11th homer, and with two
outs, Zach Cole homered to make it 4-0.
DeGrom (3-3) allowed four homers for just the second time in 257 career starts.
The first time was on April 22, 2017, against the St. Louis Cardinals. He
surrendered just one other hit over six innings and did not walk a batter.
Kai-Wei Teng (2-3) struck out seven over five scoreless innings. It was the
third time in Teng's career he's completed five innings, and his 76 pitches
were a career high.
After Steven Okert retired the side in order in the sixth, Joc Pederson drove
in a run with a single against Enyel De Los Santos, but Bryan King got pinch
hitter Andrew McCutchen to fly out to center with the bases loaded to end the
threat.
Bryan Abreu stranded two runners in the eighth inning, and then got Ezequiel
Duran to ground into a fielder's choice with two on in the ninth for his second
save.
The Rangers were 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on
base.
Up next
Astros RHP Peter Lambert (2-3, 2.76 ERA) faces Rangers RHP Nathan Eovaldi (4-4,
4.15 ERA) on Sunday as Houston seeks a three-game sweep of its in-state rival.
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