HOUSTON (Interstat) — The Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 4-1 on Saturday at Daikin Park, evening the two-game series. Attendance was 32,315, and the game lasted 2 hours, 28 minutes. Houston scored two runs in the first inning and two more in the fourth, building a 4-0 lead. Texas broke through in the seventh on a single by Joc Pederson that drove in Jake Burger. Kai-Wei Teng (2-3) earned the win with five shutout innings, allowing two hits and striking out seven. Jacob deGrom (3-3) took the loss, allowing five hits and four earned runs with four strikeouts over six innings. Bryan Abreu recorded his second save with 1 1/3 innings, allowing one hit. Yordan Alvarez, Christian Walker and Zach Cole each hit solo home runs for Houston. The Astros bullpen combined for three scoreless innings in relief, with Steven Okert, Bryan King and AJ Blubaugh also tossing shutout frames. The Rangers, who managed six hits to Houston’s five and got two scoreless innings from Cal Quantrill, fell to 21-24. The Astros improved to 19-28.