ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — Spencer Arrighetti pitched six strong innings and Jeremy Peña homered as the Houston Astros defeated the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Thursday at Globe Life Park.

Houston jumped ahead with three runs in the first inning, capped by Isaac Paredes’ two-run homer. The Astros added two more in the third on Taylor Trammell’s RBI double and a run-scoring single by Cam Smith. Texas scored its only run in the second on Josh Jung’s solo home run.

Arrighetti (7-1) allowed one earned run on three hits with three strikeouts over six innings. Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) took the loss, surrendering five earned runs on four hits while striking out six in seven innings.

Bryan Abreu, Steven Okert, Nate Pearson and Enyel De Los Santos combined for 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief for Houston.

Peña went 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI. Paredes finished 1-for-3 with two RBIs. The Astros collected six hits; the Rangers managed four.

Attendance was 27,234. The game lasted 2 hours, 40 minutes.

Houston improved to 26-32; Texas fell to 25-31.