ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — Brandon Nimmo’s two-out single in the bottom of the ninth inning drove in Wyatt Langford and lifted the Texas Rangers to a 6-5 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon at Globe Life Park.

The walk-off hit, deflected by Houston pitcher Josh Hader, capped a back-and-forth game in which neither team led by more than three runs. Texas improved to 49-47, while Houston fell to 47-51.

Texas struck first with a three-run second inning. Ezequiel Duran walked, Evan Carter doubled and Nicky Lopez singled to drive in Duran. After a strikeout, Joc Pederson doubled to right field, scoring Carter and Lopez to make it 3-0.

Houston answered in the fourth when Jose Altuve homered to left-center, his 11th of the season, cutting the deficit to 3-1. Texas added a run in the fifth on a triple by Nimmo that scored Josh Jung, who had walked, extending the lead to 4-1.

The Astros rallied in the seventh. LaMonte Wade Jr. singled, Zach Dezenzo singled and Yainer Diaz walked to load the bases. Jeremy Peña’s sacrifice fly scored Wade. After an intentional walk to Yordan Alvarez, Isaac Paredes singled to center, driving in Dezenzo and Diaz to tie the game at 4-4.

Houston took its first lead in the eighth when Cam Smith homered to left, his 12th of the season, making it 5-4. But Texas answered in the bottom half when Kyle Higashioka homered to left, his seventh, tying the game at 5-5.

In the ninth, Houston put a runner on base with a Yainer Diaz single, but Jeremy Peña grounded into a double play. Jacob Latz then intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez before Isaac Paredes popped out to end the inning.

Texas mounted its winning rally against Hader. Langford led off with a single to left, advancing to second on a fielding error by left fielder Zach Dezenzo. Josh Jung then singled to left, moving Langford to third and Jung to second. Nimmo followed with a ground-ball single up the middle, deflected by Hader, scoring Langford for the walk-off.

Latz, who pitched a scoreless ninth, earned the win, improving to 3-1. Hader took the loss, falling to 3-1. MacKenzie Gore started for Texas and allowed one earned run on two hits over four innings, striking out four. It was a sharp rebound for Gore, who had allowed seven earned runs in each of his previous two starts.

Nimmo finished 3 for 5 with two RBI. Pederson drove in two runs. Smith went 1 for 4 with a home run and an RBI for Houston. Altuve and Paredes each had a hit and an RBI.

Houston collected eight hits, while Texas had 11. Attendance was 33,804. The game lasted 2 hours, 59 minutes.

The Astros had won the series opener Saturday, but the Rangers bounced back to even the three-game set. Houston next hosts Baltimore on Friday, while Texas travels to Atlanta.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a 6-4 Texas victory. The ELO system gave Texas a 54.3 percent chance to win. Texas was a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of 11 runs went over the over-under line of 8.5.