There's plenty of blame to go around for Texans' defensive woes
QUICK HITS IS PRESENTED BY TEXAS STAR GRILL SHOP
11 September 2019
QUICK HITS IS PRESENTED BY TEXAS STAR GRILL SHOP
The Texans took a lot of heat for the way their defense performed on Monday night.
The Texans cut Aaron Colvin for his role in the Texans' loss, but the coaching deserves some blame too.
ESPN 97.5's Charlie Pallilo and Raheel Ramzanali weigh in on who deserves the most blame, the coaching or the players? Quick Hits is presented by Texas Star Grill Shop.
Marcus Semien hit his 250th career home run and Adolis García also went deep to back up a strong start by Nathan Eovaldi and give the Texas Rangers a 5-1, series clinching victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday.
Eovaldi (7-3) limited Houston to five hits and a run with eight strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings for his third straight win.
Houston starter Hunter Brown (9-4) allowed five hits and four runs while striking out eight in five innings as the AL West leaders lost for the fifth time in six games. It was the second straight tough outing for the All-Star, who gave up a season-high six runs in his last start against Cleveland.
Wyatt Langford walked to open the second and the Rangers made it 1-0 when he scored on a triple by Evan Carter. There were two outs in the inning when Carter scored on a ground-rule double by Ezequiel Duran to push the lead to 2-0.García’s third homer in the last four games put Texas ahead 3-0 with two outs in the third inning.
Carter doubled to start the fourth and Kyle Higashioka singled before Carter scored on a sacrifice fly by Alejandro Osuna to make it 4-0.
The Astros cut it to 4-1 on a home run by Zack Short with no outs in the sixth inning.
Semien’s shot with one out in the eighth inning was his second of the series and gave him 250 in his 13-year career.
Texas jumping on Brown for two runs in the second inning to take the lead for good.
García’s 20 home runs against the Astros since 2021 are the most of any player in that span.
The Astros open the second half of the season Friday night at Seattle, and the Rangers host Detroit on the same night.