The Astros beat the Rangers 9-3 on July 11.
Houston set the tone early. Yordan Alvarez hit a two-run homer in the first, and LaMonte Wade Jr. broke the game open with a grand slam in the third.
Christian Vázquez added a solo homer in the fourth. Texas got two home runs from Ezequiel Duran, but Houston had already built enough separation.
Peter Lambert earned the win after allowing one run over six innings with seven strikeouts.
What It Means
The Astros improve to 47-50. The Rangers fall to 48-47.
BaseChaser lists Houston at 37.0% to make the playoffs and Texas at 60.5%.
Houston moved up 5.7 percentage points. Texas dropped 6.8 percentage points on today’s BaseChaser board.
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