Houston 6, Texas 5
When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, May 19, 2012
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Tim McClelland, 1B -
Brian Runge, 2B -
Ted Barrett, 3B -
Marvin Hudson
Attendance:
42673
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Astros 6, Rangers 5: Chris Snyder, Carlos Lee and Justin Maxwell each homered as the Astros evened the three-game interleague series against visiting Texas.
Rangers starter Derek Holland (3-3) had allowed three home runs in his previous 47 2/3 innings, but gave up five runs on three homers over five innings.
Lucas Harrell (3-3) allowed four runs – one earned – with six strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings for the win. Brett Myers induced Josh Hamilton to ground into a double play to end the game and earn his 10th save.
David Murphy’s first career inside-the-park home run drove in three runs and capped a four-run third inning for the Rangers, who have lost four of their last six games.
Snyder began the Astros’ comeback with a solo blast in the third, and Lee and Maxwell hit two-run homers over the next two innings to give Houston its first lead.
Travis Buck added an insurance run with his pinch-hit RBI double in the sixth inning before the Rangers cut into the Astros’ lead on Hamilton’s sacrifice fly in the seventh.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Astros CF Jordan Schafer left the game with a right ankle sprain. … Rangers P Mike Adams was unavailable because of a respiratory infection. … Houston OF J.D. Martinez doubled in the sixth inning for his first extra-base hit since April 26. ... Texas’ first two batters reached base in the eighth inning before Brandon Lyon entered the game and retired three straight. … Texas' Ian Kinsler went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Texas |
|
Houston |
|
Elvis Andrus
| Player |
Travis Buck |
|
2 |
Hits |
1 |
|
0 |
RBI |
1 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
4 |
TB |
2 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Texas
|
9 |
1 |
14 |
.257 |
14 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
| Houston
|
7 |
3 |
18 |
.226 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |