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05/28 22:21 CDT Astros ride early homers and Arrighetti's latest gem to a 5-1
win over the Rangers
Astros ride early homers and Arrighetti's latest gem to a 5-1 win over the
Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- Jeremy Pea and Isaac Paredes homered in the first
inning, and Spencer Arrighetti pitched the Houston Astros past the Texas
Rangers 5-1 on Thursday night.
The Astros took three of four games in the series from their in-state rivals,
finishing a 7-3 trip with six wins in the last seven games.
The Rangers, no-hit Monday by three Houston pitchers, have lost six of seven
overall.
Texas manager Skip Schumaker missed the game to attend his son's high school
graduation in California. Bench coach Luis "Pipe" Urueta ran the team.
Arrighetti (7-1) tossed six effective innings, allowing only Josh Jung's homer
in the second. He gave up three hits, walked one and plunked two batters with
pitches. The right-hander's ERA rose just a hair, from 1.32 to 1.34.
Pea pulled Nathan Eovaldi's fourth pitch to left field for his second homer
this season, both in the last three games.
After a walk to Yordan Alvarez, who homered five times in the first three games
of the series, Paredes ended an 0-for-10 skid with another home run to left.
Houston made it 5-1 in the third on two-out RBI hits by Taylor Trammell and Cam
Smith.
Eovaldi (5-6) permitted four hits in seven innings and walked two, with both
coming around to score. He threw seven shutout innings 11 days earlier at
Houston in an 8-0 win.
Smith pulled back a ball hit by Brandon Nimmo over the 8-foot wall in right
field with a leaping grab in the first inning.
Alvarez, who entered leading the AL with a .312 batting average and tied for
first with 20 home runs, went 0 for 3 with a strikeout and a walk.
Up next
Both teams open weekend series at home on Friday. Astros RHP Kai-Wei Teng (3-3,
2.19 ERA) will face Milwaukee RHP Coleman Crow (0-0, 2.61). Rangers LHP
MacKenzie Gore (3-4, 4.42 ERA) opposes Kansas City RHP Stephen Kolek (3-0,
2.77).
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