Rangers keep unbeaten run going, take 2-0 ALCS lead on Astros
HOUSTON -- Adolis Garcia, Mitch Garver and Nathaniel Lowe recorded RBI singles in a four-run first inning before Nathan Eovaldi escaped a bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the fifth, and the Texas Rangers held on for a 5-4 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Monday.
The Rangers survived a home run barrage from the Astros, with designated hitter Yordan Alvarez slugging solo homers in the second and eighth innings. His second blast of the game and sixth of this postseason came off Rangers left-hander Aroldis Chapman with two outs and pulled the Astros to within a run.
Texas ambushed Astros left-hander Framber Valdez with five singles in the top of the first, and Valdez complicated matters by committing two errors on a grounder back to the mound by Robbie Grossman. That misplay enabled Marcus Semien to score from second base and opened the floodgates as Garcia, Garver and Lowe delivered run-scoring singles to build the lead to 4-0.
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