ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — Jake Burger homered and drove in four runs as the Texas Rangers defeated the Houston Astros 7-3 on Friday night at Globe Life Park.

Texas took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Brandon Nimmo’s RBI double and a run-scoring groundout by Burger. The Rangers added a run in the fifth. Houston tied the game in the seventh on Yainer Diaz’s two-run homer. Burger answered in the eighth with a three-run homer, part of a four-run inning that also included a run-scoring double by Nimmo earlier in the frame. Cole Winn (5-2) earned the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Bryan King (2-2) took the loss. Cal Quantrill started for Texas, allowing one earned run over six innings. Hunter Brown gave up three earned runs over six for the Astros. Yordan Alvarez homered for Houston. Each team had eight hits. Attendance was 34,899. Time of game was 2:29. Texas improved to 48-46, while Houston fell to 46-50.