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Flamber Valdes shut out seven innings to lead the Houston Astros to a 7-3 win.
Valdez (11-4) had his 4 hits, 8 strikeouts and 1 walk for his career-high season wins in a major league season. He's 3-0 with a 3.00 ERA in four starts since he became the league's winning pitcher in his July 19 All-Star game. A two-run shot and Yuri Gurriel added his three hits, and he scored twice for the Astros.
Rangers left-handed Cole He Reagans (0-1) made his second start in his league in the majors, with 4 and his 1/3 innings. He allowed 5 runs and his 6 hits. He hit one and walked three.
Marcus Semien hit a home run, and Leodi Taveras gave his two hits and his one RBI for Texas.
Ragans pitched in his first inning, where he had two walks, but Jeremy Peña and Jake could not get away in the second after Meyers gave him a single with one out. rice field. Then Maldonado stepped up and he hit a 2-0 fastball over the center field fence to take a 3-0 lead.
Gurriel singled to start his fifth, and one out later, Bregman hit his two-run homer to extend the lead to his 5–0 and kick the Ragans out of the game.
Valdes pitched in the first bases, and the Rangers put his two batters in the first on his third before loading the bases with two outs. Valdes, however, made Jonah Haim jump out to the center to end the threat.
Valdez pitched out of trouble in the seventh inning after he retired the team in the 4th, 5th, and 6th innings respectively.
Two singles put the Rangers into a corner, but Valdez averted the danger by striking out Ezequiel Duran and Bubba his Thompson.
The Astros extended their lead to 7-0 on Bregman's RBI his single and Aledmis Diaz's sacrifice fly in the seventh inning.
Seth Martinez started Valdez in the eighth inning and gave up RBI singles to Nathaniel Lowe and Taveras to make it 7-2.
Semien hit a home run with his two outs in the ninth inning to make it 7-3.
– Field Level Media
