What was once a relatively friendly interleague rivalry has turned into genuine dislike between teams, fanbases.
Houston Astros catcher Martin Maldonado and Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia, third from left, argue as the benches clear following Garcia's grand slam during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Houston. that at one point led to a benches-clearing incident
The Silver Boot trophy sits on display at the Globe Life Park in Arlington, Tuesday, April 19, 2016 before the opening game with the Houston Astros. The Texas Rangers took the series from the Astros last year and the boot. In 2013 the Astros migrate leagues and join the Rangers in the AL West. With the different trajectories the two franchises are on at this point, it was always going to be a slowly simmering “rivalry”, at first based purely on geography alone.
Houston acquired Gomez at the 2015 deadline and the Astros, for whatever reason, weren’t a fit. Gomez hit just .210/.272/.322 through 85 games in 2016, and the Astros DFA’d him in August after the trade deadline. The Rangers must have seen something in Gomez and picked him up as a free agent, and Gomez wouldturn it around — he went deep in his first plate appearance as a Ranger — and hit .284/.362/.543 with eight homers and 24 RBIs in 33 games down the stretch of the season.
Houston’s also won the season series with Texas in every season since 2017, including winning the 2023 season series nine games to four. That ended up weighing heavily: The Rangers and Astros wound up tied in 2023,Finally, it appears things are heating up again in the Lone Star Series. After alternating periods in which the teams simply bullied each other, the Rangers from 2007-13 and the Astros from 2017-2022, the teams are both good again.
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