Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer, Hunter Brown struck out five over six innings and the Houston Astros won their 10th straight home game with a 6-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.
Jul 12, 2024 at 10:56 PM ETHOUSTON — Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer, Hunter Brown struck out five over six innings and the Houston Astros won their 10th straight home game, 6-3 over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.
Holding on to a 3-2 lead in the sixth, Altuve crushed a 1-1 changeup from Texas reliever José Ureña 365 feet into the left field seats to make it 6-2. “Those were huge,” Brown said. “With the first-inning pitch count kind of getting up there, those were big time for the overall feel of the game. Get out with two quick ones there and projected us into a good spot."
Hader struck out two of the three batters he faced in the ninth inning. This was his second-straight game with a save and his sixth in July.Texas starter Andrew Heaney gave up three runs on five hits, walked two and struck out five in five innings. It was Heaney’s fourth loss in his last seven starts.
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