The trade deadline acquisition kept Houston off the board, and his bullpen finished the job in Texas’s 2-0 victory.
The Rangers' Jordan Montgomery kept the Astros under wraps in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday night in Houston. HOUSTON — The Houston Astros and Texas Rangers pored over the pitching market at the trade deadline in hopes of finding arms that would bolster their hopes for nights like Sunday, which brought an opportunity to seize control of the American League Championship Series.
That’s why the Astros reacquired three-time Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander. That’s why the Rangers added three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer. Yet neither helped his team to a series-opening win Sunday night at Minute Maid Park. Montgomery started once in each of the Rangers’ first two postseason series — seven scoreless innings in Game 1 at Tampa Bay in the first round before an underwhelming four-inning performance against Baltimore in Game 2 of the AL Division Series. Both ended in Texas wins. Sunday was no different. Now, Nathan Eovaldi will pitch Game 2 on Monday afternoon. And with Scherzer and Jon Gray on the ALCS roster after overcoming late-season injuries, Scherzer is in line to start Game 3 in Arlington.
Rangers rookie Evan Carter opened the scoring in the second inning; he legged out a double and came home on Jonah Heim’s single. Texas would swing at 25 pitches before Nathaniel Lowe finally swung through a slider in the fourth — on Verlander’s 47th pitch.Verlander would only gets seven swings and misses on 52 Texas offerings over 6⅔ innings. And in the fifth, No. 9 hitter Leody Taveras launched a solo shot into the right field seats to pad the Rangers’ lead.
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