Josh Smith is the third Texas Rangers player to beat the Houston Astros with a walk-off home run.
became the third Rangers player to beat the Astros with a walk-off homer, joining Adolis García on May 21, 2021, and Mitch Moreland on June 21, 2011.has a career-high 12 homers
. "So to do it in that situation, against that team, with where we're at right now is pretty important. They've got a couple of games on us, so this series is big." The Rangers are desperate to turn a win such as Monday night into something that helps ignite an extended winning run. Except for a couple of five-game winning streaks, sustained stretches of winning has, so far, eluded the club in 2024.
"It's kind of been the story of this year," Smith said. "We'll have a really good win and then kind of struggle for a few games, so hopefully, this can kind of push us over the edge to win the series tomorrow and just kind of keep it going from there.", who held the Astros to a run on an Alex Bregman solo homer over six innings, said the clubhouse knows they need to start piling up the wins.
"Obviously, it's a game we needed to win. We feel like we need to win every ," he said. "We're going to keep approaching it like that. We've got to keep piling on, and we haven't been doing that. is at 0-0, so we've just got to come in and play well.""You always hope it gets momentum going," Bochy said of the win. "It's a great win for these guys. They fought hard. These are important games. We know it. They know it.
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