Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros

MLB

Rangers

21-24

1-4

Final

Astros

19-28

Daikin Park

TV: MLB.TV

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
HOU	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	4

Who won: Astros 4-1

The Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 4-1 on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at Daikin Park. The Astros win the series 2-1. The Astros outscored the Rangers 2-0 in the 1st inning. Jose Altuve went 1-for-4 with a home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.

Recap · May 16

Yordan Alvarez hits 1 of Astros' 4 homers off Rangers' Jacob deGrom in 4-1 win

Yordan Alvarez hit his 15th homer and the Houston Astros matched a season high with four longballs in a 4-1 win over the Rangers on Saturday night that left Texas' Jacob deGrom stuck at 99 career wins.

What it means

Season series: HOU wins series 2-1.
Rangers 10-14 on the road; Astros 12-13 at home.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Oct 1

Astros manager Joe Espada wants to return as contract expires

Recap · Oct 1

White Sox pounce early, finish sweep of Astros for first playoff series win since 2005

ESPN · Sep 30

White Sox sweep Astros for first playoff series win since 2005

ESPN · Sep 30

Joe Espada to 'move on' from Astros' reaction to fans' boos

ESPN · Sep 30

Astros' Daulton Varsho has wrist surgery, done for season

ESPN · Sep 30

Astros frustrated by boos from sparse crowd during wild-card opener

Recap · Sep 30

White Sox strike first in AL wild card, beating Astros 6-3 in Game 1

ESPN · Sep 28

Rangers SS Seager finished season with bone spur in elbow

Injuries and inactives

Rangers2nd in AL West

Corey Seager SS
Elbow, Surgery, right
Out
Danny Jansen C
Hand, Surgery, right
Out
Cal Quantrill RP
Lat, Strain, right
60-Day-IL
Joc Pederson DH
Hand, Fracture, left
10-Day-IL
Josh Jung 3B
Hand, Fracture, right
10-Day-IL

Astros1st in AL West

Brice Matthews CF
Knee, Inflammation, left
Out
Cristian Javier SP
Groin, Strain, right
Out
Daulton Varsho CF
Wrist, Surgery, left
Out
Enyel De Los Santos RP
Knee, Tendinitis, right
Out
Mike Burrows SP
Elbow, Inflammation, right
60-Day-IL

Probable starters

Rangers2nd in AL West

Jacob deGrom SP

Probable starter · 11-11, 4.20 ERA, 201 K, 1.14 WHIP

Lineup

1Joc PedersonDH
2Brandon NimmoRF
3Josh Jung3B
4Evan CarterCF
5Ezequiel DuranSS
6Alejandro OsunaCF
7Jake Burger1B
8Danny JansenC
9Justin Foscue2B

Astros1st in AL West

Kai-Wei Teng SP

Probable starter · 5-7, 4.76 ERA, 73 K, 1.38 WHIP

Lineup

1Jose Altuve2B
2Isaac Paredes3B
3Yordan AlvarezDH
4Christian Walker1B
5Braden ShewmakeSS
6Brice MatthewsCF
7Zach ColeLF
8Zach DezenzoLF
9Christian VazquezC

The series

HOU wins series 2-1

Last meeting: Astros 2, Rangers 0 (May 15)

Last 5

TEX

No games yet this season.

HOU

Wvs TEX4-1
Wvs TEX2-0
Lvs SEA3-8
Wvs SEA4-3
Lvs SEA2-10

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Game info

Venue: Daikin Park, Houston, Texas · Attendance 32,315
Officials: Dillon Wilson (Home Plate Umpire), Manny Gonzalez (First Base Umpire), Tom Hanahan (Second Base Umpire), Ron Kulpa (Third Base Umpire)