Astros Rout Rangers 9‑0 for Third Straight Road Win
ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — Tatsuya Imai pitched six no-hit innings as the Houston Astros shut out the Texas Rangers 9-0 on Monday night at Globe Life Park.
Imai (2-2) struck out two and walked none in his second consecutive win after a pair of losses. Alimber Santa followed with two hitless innings and Steven Okert finished the combined one-hitter. The Astros (24-31) won their third straight game and improved to 3-3 on the road trip.
Houston scored first in the opening inning on Yordan Alvarez’s sacrifice fly. Christian Vázquez singled in a run in the fifth, and Jeremy Peña added an RBI single in the same frame. The Astros broke the game open in the seventh on Christian Walker’s three-run homer, his 15th, and a two-run single by Nick Allen.
Kumar Rocker (2-5) took the loss for Texas (24-29), allowing four earned runs on four hits over five innings with five strikeouts. The Rangers managed no hits and saw their three-game win streak snapped.
Attendance was 36,180. Time of game was 2:37.