ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Brandon Nimmo hit a game-ending single that drove in Wyatt Langford with his third hit of the game, and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 6-5 on Sunday to enter the All-Star break with a winning record at 49-47.<\/p>\n
Langford singled off Josh Hader (3-1) leading off the ninth and advanced when Zach Dezenzo misplayed the ball for an error. Langford moved up on Josh Jung’s single and scored standing up when Nimmo hit a one-hopper that glanced off the raised glove of Hader and into center field, giving Texas its fourth walk-off win this year.<\/p>\n
Nimmo had his first walk-off plate appearance for Texas and his seventh in the big leagues.<\/p>\n
All-Star closer Jacob Latz (2-1) intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez with two outs and none on in the ninth, Alvarez’s second intentional walk of the game, then retired Isaac Paredes on a popout.<\/p>\n
Texas won two of three in the in-state series and leads the AL West by 1 1\/2 games over second-place Seattle (48-49) and by three games over third-place Houston (47-51). The Rangers have won eight of their last 10 series rubber games.<\/p>\n
Astros center fielder Brice Matthews injured his left knee crashing into the wall in the first inning trying to catch a Jung drive and left for a pinch hitter in the second.<\/p>\n
Houston’s Cristian Javier gave up three runs, four hits and three walks over three innings in his first start since straining his right shoulder during an outing on April 8.<\/p>\n
Rangers starter MacKenzie Gore allowed one run and two hits over four innings in his first big league outing on three days\u2019 rest. Jacob deGrom had been scratched because of a mild left glute strain.<\/p>\n
Nicky Lopez’s RBI single and Joc Pederson’s two-run double built a 3-0 Texas lead in the second.<\/p>\n
Jose Altuve homered in the fourth, and Nimmo’s RBI triple boosted the lead to 4-1 in the fifth.<\/p>\n
Jeremy Pe\u00f1a\u2019s sacrifice fly and Paredes’ two-run single after an intentional walk to Alvarez tied the score in the seventh.<\/p>\n
Cam Smith put the Astros ahead 5-4 with an eighth-inning homer, and Kyle Higashioka went deep in the bottom half.
\nUp Next<\/p>\n
Astros: Host Baltimore starting Friday.<\/p>\n
Rangers: Open a series at Atlanta on Friday.<\/p>\n
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