Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 2, Houston 1
When: 8:05 PM ET, Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Ted Barrett, 1B - Seth Buckminster, 2B - Chris Conroy, 3B - Alfonso Marquez
Attendance: 29794

Rangers 2, Astros 1: Nick Martinez allowed five hits in 6 2/3 scoreless innings as host Texas edged Houston.

Robinson Chirinos homered and Daniel Robertson also drove in a run as the Rangers won for the 10th time in 11 games. Adrian Beltre and Jake Smolinski had three hits apiece and Neal Cotts allowed a run in the ninth before notching his second save.

Martinez (5-11) struck out five and walked none while winning his second consecutive start. Astros starter Brett Oberholtzer (5-13) allowed two runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings while losing his third straight outing.

Chirinos smacked a leadoff blast over the fence in center in the fourth for the game’s first run. J.P. Arencibia followed with a double, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Robertson’s single to left-center field.

Houston’s run came in the ninth when Dexter Fowler walked, Jake Marisnick doubled and Matt Dominguez hit a sacrifice fly. Astros second baseman Jose Altuve went 0-for-4 to drop his major league-leading average to .343, eight points ahead of Detroit’s Victor Martinez.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Fowler went 1-for-3 and is 10-for-25 during a six-game hitting streak. … The three-hit game was Beltre’s third in eight contests. … Houston 1B Jon Singleton struck out in both his at-bats and is hitless in 22 at-bats over his last nine games, fanning 18 times.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   Texas
Brett Oberholtzer Player Nicholas Martinez
Loss W/L Win
4.1 IP 6.2
3 Strikeouts 5
9 Hits 5
4.15 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Houston   Texas
Marwin Gonzalez Player Adrian Beltre
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 4
.667 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 7 0 9 .219 10 7 1 1 0 1
Texas 12 1 18 .353 23 5 2 3 1 0