TEX 5, HOU 6 | Sep 16, 2025 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, September 17, 2025•Daikin Park•73°F, Roof Closed

TEX

Rangers

HOU

Astros

Final

WIN

Colton Gordon

LOSS

Merrill Kelly

SAVE

Bryan Abreu

The Astros edged the Rangers 6-5 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Jeremy Peña3-for-3, 0 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Jonah Heim homers (11) on a fly ball to right field. Rowdy Tellez scores.

Weather: 73°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 3:03Att: 35,026Venue: Daikin Park

Ump Audit

Cory Blaser

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96.3%A

6 missed calls

+1.7% HOU

+1.09 runs TEX

Win Probability

HOU WinTEX Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	5	10	0
HOU	1	0	1	4	0	0	0

Game 776301 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Texas Rangers

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Josh SmithSS	5	0	1	0	0	2	.257/.341/.370	97.1	.106	.131
Wyatt LangfordCF	4	0	0	0	1	2	.243/.343/.429	93.7	.089	.129
Rowdy Tellez1B	1	1	0	0	1	0	.227/.275/.431	88.2	.008	.011
Jonah HeimDH	2	1	2	2	0	0	.219/.278/.345	101.4	.694	.902
Kyle HigashiokaC	5	1	2	0	0	1	.246/.293/.405	107.1	.404	.390
Josh Jung3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	.251/.294/.395	102	.364	.479
Alejandro OsunaLF	3	0	1	0	1	0	.200/.319/.242	94.1	.337	.321
Ezequiel DuranRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231/.280/.306	-	-	-
Cody Freeman2B	3	1	1	1	1	0	.229/.253/.386	100.8	.180	.299
Bench
Jake Burger1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	.243/.276/.436	83.2	.342	.308
Joc PedersonDH	2	0	1	0	0	1	.178/.283/.326
Totals	36	5	10	5	5	11	-	-	-	-

HR:Freeman (5th off Gordon, 0 on, 1 out); Heim (8th off Santos, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Osuna; Jung

TB:18

RBI:Heim 2; Jung; Freeman; García

SB:Langford; Duran; Freeman

GIDP:Jung

Team LOB:9

Houston Astros

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jeremy PeñaSS	3	2	3	0	1	0	.304/.363/.466	101	.359

Pitching

Texas Rangers

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Merrill KellyL	3.0	9	6	6	1	1	56-40	88.4	3.46
Cole Winn	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	21-12	91.4	1.47
Danny Coulombe	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	16-6	87.8	2.48
Carl Edwards Jr.	2.0	0	0	0	2	3	35-21	88.1	4.50
Chris Martin	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	7-5	90	2.48
Totals	8.0	10	6	6	5	6	135-84	-	-

HBP:Peña (by Martin)

Inherited runners-scored:Winn 2-1; Coulombe 1-0; Jr. 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Kelly 56-40; Winn 21-12; Coulombe 16-6; Jr. 35-21; Martin 7-5

Groundouts-flyouts:Kelly 5-3; Winn 0-2; Coulombe 0-1; Jr. 0-3; Martin 1-1

Houston Astros

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
AJ Blubaugh	3.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	50-33	90.3	2.16

Bot 1 • HOU

0-1

Jose Altuve out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Wyatt Langford. Jeremy Peña scores.

EV: 100.9 mph324 ftLA: 45°

Bot 3 • HOU

0-2

Christian Walker grounds out, third baseman Josh Jung to first baseman Jake Burger. Jeremy Peña scores.

EV: 96.3 mph24 ftLA: -5°

Bot 4 • HOU

0-3

Yainer Diaz doubles (23) on a line drive to left fielder Wyatt Langford. Jake Meyers scores. Victor Caratini to 3rd.

EV: 97.8 mph311 ftLA: 22°

0-5

Jesús Sánchez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Alejandro Osuna. Victor Caratini scores. Yainer Diaz scores.

EV: 86.9 mph137 ftLA: 8°

0-6

Jose Altuve singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Wyatt Langford. Jesús Sánchez scores. Jeremy Peña to 2nd.

EV: 105.9 mph159 ftLA: 9°

Top 5 • TEX

1-6

Cody Freeman homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 100.8 mph💣 373 ftLA: 24°

Top 8 • TEX

5-6

Adolis García singles on a ground ball to right fielder Cam Smith. Josh Jung scores. Alejandro Osuna to 3rd.

EV: 101.2 mph50 ft0

4-6

Josh Jung doubles (20) on a line drive to left fielder Zach Cole. Kyle Higashioka scores.

EV: 93.9 mph258 ftLA: 18°

3-6

Jonah Heim homers (11) on a fly ball to right field. Rowdy Tellez scores.

EV: 101.4 mph💣 389 ftLA: 32°

Bench
Zach ColeLF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.375/.474/.750	104.6	.403	.440
Jesús SánchezLF	2	1	1	2	0	0	.243/.313/.404	100.8	.362	.324
AJ BlubaughP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Colton GordonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jayden MurrayP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Enyel De Los SantosP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Bryan AbreuP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-