Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros, April 1, 2018
April 1, 2018, 3:05 PM ET | Globe Life Park in Arlington
Starting Pitchers
Houston Astros
Recorded starter
Texas Rangers
Recorded starter
Season Comparison
2018Houston AstrosTexas Rangers
.754
OPS.722
205
HR194
797
Runs737
3.11
ERA4.92
1.10
WHIP1.40
1687
Strikeouts by pitchers1121
Lower is better for ERA and WHIP; bars show each value against the larger of the two.
Top Performers
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Houston Astros, MLBDB pick
Texas Rangers, MLBDB pick
Houston Astros, MLBDB pick
Box Score
Batting
Jose Altuve and Evan Gattis led Houston Astros with 3 hits each.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George SpringerRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Altuve2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos CorreaSS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marwin Gonzalez1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J.D. Davis1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan GattisDH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake MarisnickCF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Max StassiC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek FisherLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Joey Gallo led Texas Rangers with 2 hits and 1 home run and 1 RBI.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis AndrusSS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos TocciCF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Gallo1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Adrian BeltréDH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nomar MazaraRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robinson ChirinosC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rougned Odor2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan RuaLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jurickson Profar3B/SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Drew RobinsonCF/3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
Pitching
Gerrit Cole went 7.0 innings for Houston Astros (11 SO, 1 ER); Mike Minor went 4.2 innings for Texas Rangers (5 SO, 2 ER).
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | |||||||
| Gerrit Cole | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Chris Devenski | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Giles | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Texas Rangers | |||||||
| Mike Minor | 4.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Chris Martin | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Claudio | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Gardewine | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
- AB
- at-bats
- R
- runs
- H
- hits
- RBI
- runs batted in
- BB
- walks
- SO
- strikeouts
- HR
- home runs
- IP
- innings pitched
- ER
- earned runs
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