The Houston Astros lost the first two games of the ALCS to the Texas Rangers.
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers host the Houston Astros on Wednesday in Game 3 of the ALCS. The Rangers are up 2-0 in the series.
Cristian Javier starts Game for Houston, with the 26-year-old right-hander making his fourth start in 16 postseason appearances. He is 5-1 with a 1.91 ERA in playoff games, including five scoreless innings to win Game 3 of the AL Division Series at Minnesota last week.
Max Scherzer is set for his 28th career postseason appearance and first with the Rangers when he returns from injury and pitches Game on Wednesday night.
Texas leads the series 2-0, and Scherzer will try putting the reigning World Series champion Astros on the brink of elimination in his first start since Sept. 12, when he was sidelined by a shoulder strain.
Houston’s Dusty Baker and Texas’ Bruce Bochy are the two oldest managers in the majors and are facing off in the ALCS.
Those around the 74-year-old Baker and 68-year-old Bochy say the key to their success isn’t just experience and old-school grit, but also their willingness to adapt in baseball’s analytics age.
The teams meet Wednesday for the 16th time this season. The Astros are up 9-6 in the season series.
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Game updates and highlights will be posted below.
First inning
Houston 0, Texas 0
Jose Altuve flew out to center for the first out of the game. Michael Brantley struck out swinging and Alex Bregman flew out to center to end the inning.
Marcus Semien popped out, Corey Seager flew out to center and Evan Carter struck out swinging to end the inning.
Second inning
Houston 3, Texas 0
Yordan Alvarez was hit in the foot and Jose Abreu struck out looking. Kyle Tucker walked and then Mauricio Dubon singled to left to load the bases. Jeremy Pena popped out and a wild pitch during Martin Maldonado’s at-bat scored Alvarez for Houston’s first lead of the series. Maldonado then singled to left, scoring Tucker and Dubon. Maldonado was thrown out trying to advance to second on the play.
Adolis Garcia grounded out, Jonah Heim popped out and Mitch Garver flew out to right.
Third inning
Houston 4, Texas 0
Altuve homered to left to increase Houston’s lead.
Brantley flew out to left and Bregman popped out for the second out. Alvarez popped out to end the inning.
Nathaniel Lowe flew out to center, Josh Jung struck out looking and Leody Taveras worked a walk. Semien grounded out to end the inning.
Fourth inning
Houston 5, Texas 0
Abreu doubled to left-center on the first pitch in the fourth inning. Tucker grounded out, moving Abreu to third. Dubon then singled to center to add another run for the Astros.
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