Rangers win Game 1! Texas strikes first, takes opening round of the ALCS in Houston with 2-0 win

If the Rangers win, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo will donate to the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation and wear a Rangers hat for the day.

Sunday night's highly anticipated series opener between Texas and Houston proved to be a pitcher's duel between starters Jordan Montgomery and Justin Verlander.The Texas Rangers' Evan Carter reacts to reaching second in the second inning of Game 1 of the AL Championship Series against the Houston Astros., perhaps it's a bit of a surprise that Game 1 of 2023 American League Championship Series was mostly a pitcher's duel.

While the Rangers were able to then load the bases in the second, Verlander was able to pitch his way out of a jam and get out of the inning. The Rangers' second run in the game would come on a fifth-inning moonshot solo home run from outfielder Leody Taveras.But that's not to say the game's final innings were devoid of high-stakes action. In the eight inning, a dramatic warning track catch by Carter on a deep drive from Astros third baseman Alex Bregman off Rangers reliever Aroldis Chapman turned into a double play whenentered the fray.

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