The Rangers improved to 7-0 in the playoffs, including six wins on the road.
“It’s just baseball to us,” Texas third baseman Josh Jung said. “We’re jumping on teams early, and that helps us settle in. Our pitching has been outstanding. You can’t ask for anything more than what they’ve given us.”
“You’re talking about one of the elite pitchers in the game,” Texas manager Bruce Bochy said. “They have that ability to turn up a notch when they had to. We made an error, bases loaded, and it’s about picking each other up, and he picked us up there and made great pitches.” Alvarez hit two solo drives to become the sixth player in MLB history to have two multihomer games in one postseason. The second one was off Aroldis Chapman, trimming Houston’s deficit to 5-4 with two out in the eighth.
The Astros, who went 39-42 at home in the regular season, continued to struggle at Minute Maid Park. The defending champions fell to 1-3 at home in the playoffs this year. “I thought my pitches were good,” he said through a translator. “Maybe they got a little bit lucky. There were a couple of balls that weren’t hit that well for base hits.”
The Astros missed a huge opportunity in the fifth. Brantley and McCormick hit back-to-back singles to open the inning before Peña reached on an error by Jung.Texas Rangers' Leody Taveras, Adolis Garcia and Evan Carter celebrate after Game 2 of the baseball AL Championship Series against the Houston Astros Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, in Houston. The Rangers won 5-4 to take a 2-0 lead in the series. “When I was ahead 1-2 and I went with a high fastball and followed it up with the splitter.
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