The Rangers (74-70) continued to be 1 1/2 video games behind Seattle (75-58), which won at Atlanta, for the last AL wild-card place.
ARLINGTON, Texas– Jake Hamburger complied with Josh Jung’s tiebreaking double with a two-run homer off Framber Valdez in the 6th inning, and the Texas Rangers defeated the Houston Astros 4-2 on Sunday to keep up in the American Organization wild-card race.
The Rangers (74-70) continued to be 1 1/2 video games behind Seattle (75-58), which won at Atlanta, for the last AL wild-card place. Texas is 4 video games behind the AL West-leading Astros (78-66) with 18 video games staying.
Valdez (12-9) was pitching for the very first time considering that going across up César Salazar and striking his catcher with a pitch Tuesday in an occurrence that was viewed as willful after the left-hander had actually quit a conquest. Salazar had not been in the schedule.
With 2 outs and the bases vacant in the 6th, Cody Freeman singled and racked up from initially on Jung’s lining right into the space in left-center area. Hamburger’s 14th homer mosted likely to the contrary area in ideal 3 pitches later on.
Phil Maton (3-5) permitted a run in 1 1/3 innings, and Shawn Armstrong retired the last 4 Houston players for his 7th save.
Texas starter Patrick Corbin really did not enable a hit till the 5th yet rapidly shed a 1-0 cause begin the 6th when Mauricio Dubón increased and Jeremy Peña singled him home.
Valdez permitted 5 hits and 4 runs– 3 made– with 5 strikeouts in 7 innings.
Maton started out Carlos Correa with a run in and the permission jogger at 3rd to finish the top of the 6th.
The Rangers took a 6-4 lead in the period collection with their Texas competitors, that satisfy for the last time in the normal period Sept. 15-17 in Houston.
Astros: Open up three-game collection at Toronto on Tuesday.
Rangers: LHP Jacob Latz (1-0, 3.15) is established for the opener of a three-game home collection versus Milwaukee on Monday.
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