The Astros evened the ALCS 2-2 with a dominant showing at the plate Thursday against the Rangers, starting from the first pitch.
Jose Altuve, Mauricio Dubón, Alex Bregman and Yordan Alvarez opened the game with four consecutive hits off Rangers starter Andrew Heaney, who was pulled for Dane Dunning later in the first inning with the Astros up 3-0.The Rangers responded with two runs in the second and a Corey Seager solo homer that tied the game in the third, but the Astros took back control in the fourth.
Alvarez has made punishing lefty relievers something of a habit this postseason, but the Rangers appeared to get off easy when he hit a 401-foot fly ball that was caught at the warning track for a tie-breaking sacrifice fly. That reprieve lasted precisely one batter, as José Abreu followed with a three-run homer.The Rangers didn’t have an answer for that one, and the Astros added three more before it was over.
Semien was called safe after a scramble to get back to first, but a challenge from the Astros revealed that Abreu's glove had indeed made contact with Semien. Specifically,Had Seager’s liner gone five feet in pretty much any other direction, the Rangers would've had two men on with one out for the heart of their order. Instead, they got an inning-ending double-play.
That double was inches away from being Altuve’s 26th career postseason home run, which would've pushed him closer to Manny Ramirez’s MLB record of 29. Initially called a homer, an umpire review turned Altuve's hit into a double.is at 5:07 p.m. PT Friday. Jordan Montgomery will take the mound for the Rangers against Justin Verlander for the Astros.Intermittent lane closures due to drainage works and utility work on Aquarius Concourse both ways between Blairmore Blvd and Auriga Dr.
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