THE SOCCER REPORT
Champions League, Boca-River, El Trafico highlight upcoming soccer schedule
Oct 23, 2019, 10:07 am
THE SOCCER REPORT
Tuesday, October 22
11:55 a.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Atletico Madrid vs. Bayer Leverkusen (TNT, UniMas, TUDN)
11:55 a.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Dinamo Zagreb (Galavision, B/R Live)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Manchester City vs. Atalanta (TNT, TUDNxtra)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Galatasaray vs. Real Madrid (UniMas, TUDN, B/R Live)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Olympiacos vs. Bayern Munich (TUDNxtra, B/R Live)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Club Brugge vs. Paris Saint-Germain (TUDNxtra, B/R Live)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Juventus vs. Lokomotiv Moscow (TUDNxtra, B/R Live)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Tottehnam Hotspur vs. Red Star Belgrade (TUDNxtra, B/R Live)
7:30 p.m. - [Copa Libertadores] Boca Juniors vs. River Plate (beIN SPORTS)
Wednesday, October 23
11:55 a.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Ajax vs. Chelsea (TNT, UniMas, TUDN)
11:55 a.m. - [UEFA Champions League] RB Leipzig vs. Zenit St Petersburg (Galavision, B/R Live)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Inter Milan vs. Dortmund (TNT, Galavision)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Slavia Prague vs. FC Barcelona (UniMas, TUDN, B/R Live)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Red Bull Salzburg vs. Napoli (TUDNxtra, B/R Live)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Genk vs. Liverpool (TUDNxtra, B/R Live)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Benfica vs. Lyon (TUDNxtra, B/R Live)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Champions League] Lille vs. Valencia (TUDNxtra, B/R Live)
6:00 p.m. - [MLS Cup Playoffs] New York City FC vs. Toronto FC (FS1, FOX Deportes)
7:30 p.m. - [Copa Libertadores] Flamengo vs. Gremio (beIN SPORTS)
9:00 p.m. - [MLS Cup Playoffs] Seattle Sounders FC vs. Real Salt Lake (FS1, FOX Deportes)
Thursday, October 24
11:55 a.m. - [UEFA Europa League] Partizan vs. Manchester United (UniMas, B/R Live)
11:55 a.m. - [UEFA Europa League] Bratislava vs. Wolves (Galavision)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Europa League] Sevilla vs. Dudelange (UniMas, B/R Live)
2:00 p.m. - [UEFA Europa League] Frankfurt vs. Standard Liege (Galavision, B/R Live)
7:00 p.m. - [MLS Cup Playoffs] Atlanta United vs. Philadelphia Union (ESPN2)
9:30p.m. - [MLS Cup Playoffs] Los Angeles FC vs. LA Galaxy (ESPN)
Friday, October 25
2:00 p.m. - [NBC Sports] Southampton vs. Leicester City (NBC Sports)
Saturday, October 26
6:30 a.m. - [Premier League] Manchester City vs. Aston Villa (NBC Sports)
9:00 a.m. - [Premier League] Brighton vs. Everton (NBC Sports, Universo)
11:30 a.m. - [Premier League] Burnley vs. Chelsea (NBC)
Sunday, October 27
9:00 a.m. - [Premier League] Newcastle vs. Wolves (NBC Sports)
11:30 a.m. - [Premier League] Liverpool vs. Tottenham Hotspur (NBC Sports)
2:30 p.m. - [NWSL Championship] North Carolina Courage vs. Chicago Red Stars (ESPN)
Joc Pederson broke a tie with a two-run home run in the sixth inning, Wyatt Langford hit a solo shot in a two-run seventh and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 5-1 on Saturday night.
Tyler Mahle (5-1) allowed the one run over six innings, keeping his ERA at 1.47 — ranking third in the AL.
The Rangers have taken two of the first three games of the four-game series.
Pederson, hitting .123 with four RBI to that point as Texas’ primary DH this season, followed Marcus Semien’s one-out single off Ronel Blanco (3-4) with a drive to right-center for his second homer of the season.
Langford’s homer off Bennett Sousa immediately followed Josh Smith’s sacrifice fly that scored Sam Haggerty. Haggerty led off with a walk and was picked off first base, but he reached third when first baseman Christian Walker threw low to second base.
The Astros took a 1-0 lead four batters in when Walker hit a 3-2 fastball for an opposite-field double to score Isaac Paredes.
Texas tied it in the third when Langford singled home Kyle Higashioka, who walked and reached third on Haggerty’s ground-rule double.
The Astros left seven runners on base and were 0 for 4 hitting with runners in scoring position.
Haggerty was a late replacement in Texas’ lineup after Evan Carter was scratched with right quadriceps tightness.
Three Rangers starters rank in the AL’s 10 top in ERA, Mahle joined by Nathan Eovaldi (fourth at 1.51) and Jacob deGrom (10th at 2.29).
Astros LHP Framber Valdez (2-4, 3.54 ERA) was set to face Rangers rookie RHP Jack Leiter (3-2, 4.34) on Sunday in the series finale.