ASTROS WIN! ⚾🔥 Kyle Tucker extended his career-best hitting streak to 13 games with a two-run homer that capped Houston's four-run outburst over only nine pitches, and the AL West-leading Astros beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Tuesday night. LevelUp
Houston Astros' Kyle Tucker watches his two-run home run next to Texas Rangers catcher Sam Huff during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. – Jose Altuve took off toward home plate hoping to get into a rundown so Houston could have runners at second and third. Things worked out even better than that in a“We’re at a lull in the action ... then all of a sudden, it just happened,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “That was quick.
“He asked me about it and admitted that he probably should have done that. Hindsight’s 20/20. He’s being aggressive. He’s trying to make a play. So it’s hard to fault him for that,” Woodward said. “Unfortunately it didn’t work out for us, but we've still got to execute the play and get an out.”on the pitch after the botched rundown — and a pitch before Tucker's 12th homer of the season.“Might be the victory of the year,” Baker said. “I can’t remember a more exciting finish than that.
The Rangers went ahead 3-0 in the fourth on a two-run homer by Nathaniel Lowe, who pulled a pitch that landed 416 feet away from the plate in the Texas bullpen in right-center in the fourth inning.Duran, who had never played above Double-A before his big league debut June 4, led off the third with an infield single and scored on Marcus Semien's two-out single.Dane Dunning pitched six scoreless innings for the Rangers, but is still winless in his last eight starts.
Astros righty José Urquidy struck out four without a walk while allowing three runs over six innings.Astros: Rookie SS Jeremy Peña returned to Houston to be evaluated by team doctors a day after he got hurt falling forward onto the turf when going after a bloop hit in in the third inning Monday night. Peña stayed in that game after getting checked out and flexing his left hand.