Overview

• Texas won the series finale 4-2 as a two-out sixth-inning surge featured a Josh Jung RBI double followed by Jake Burger’s opposite-field two-run homer off Framber Valdez.
• Valdez worked seven innings and allowed four runs, three earned, in his first start since the cross-up incident with catcher César Salazar; he emphasized staying calm afterward.
• Rangers starter Patrick Corbin held Houston hitless until the fifth and yielded one run over 5 2/3 innings before Phil Maton and Shawn Armstrong closed it out, with Armstrong earning his seventh save.
• The result capped a volatile weekend for Houston’s lineup one day after an 11-0 rout behind Hunter Brown’s six shutout innings and 15 Astros hits, including three by Yordan Alvarez.
• Houston leads the AL West by 2.5 games over Seattle and four over Texas with 18 remaining, and Texas now leads the season series 6-4; next up, the Astros visit Toronto on Tuesday and the Rangers host Milwaukee on Monday.