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05/26 21:46 CDT Joc Pederson homer caps 8-run 1st as Rangers beat Astros 10-7 a
night after Houston's no-hitter
Joc Pederson homer caps 8-run 1st as Rangers beat Astros 10-7 a night after
Houston's no-hitter
By SCHUYLER DIXON
AP Sports Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- Joc Pederson hit a three-run homer to cap an
eight-run first inning in Texas' 10-7 win over the Astros on Tuesday night, a
day after three Houston pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter against the
Rangers.
The first Texas hit was a single by No. 3 hitter Brandon Nimmo, while Jake
Burger had a two-run single and Evan Carter drove in two more with a bouncing
triple past first baseman Christian Walker into the right-field corner.
Pederson, who struck out against Jason Alexander (1-1) to start the bottom of
the first, drove a 1-2 fastball from the right-hander about a dozen rows into
the seats in right field for his fourth homer.
Texas ended Houston's four-game winning streak and stopped a four-game skid.
Yordan Alvarez homered twice, including a three-run shot that went 449 feet, to
give the slugger 18 this season, and Cam Smith had his fifth on a solo shot
that cut Houston's deficit to 9-6 in the eighth.
Jacob Latz pitched 1 1/3 innings for his sixth save, getting Alvarez on a sharp
grounder to end the game two batters after Jeremy Pea's solo homer.
Tatsuya Imai, Steven Okert and Alimber Santa, who was making his major league
debut for the Astros, held Texas hitless in a 9-0 victory in the series opener
on Monday night.
Texas' eight-run first was the second-largest for a team that went hitless in
its previous game, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Chicago White Sox
had a nine-run first against the Boston Americans in the second game of a
doubleheader on Sept. 27, 1905, after getting no-hit by Bill Dinneen in the
opener.
Jack Leiter (2-4) retired the final eight hitters he faced, starting with the
leadoff man Pea and Isaac Paredes to end the fourth when the Astros had the
bases loaded with one out trailing 9-4.
Alexander (1-1) managed to get through six innings because he retired his final
12 hitters after giving up Carter's solo homer leading off the third.
Up next
Houston RHP Mike Burrows (2-6, 5.75 ERA) is set to face RHP Jacob deGrom (3-4,
3.86) in the third game of the four-game set.
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