The Texas Rangers scored three runs but the Houston Astros scored six runs.
The Rangers haven’t really had many bullpen meltdowns this season but they got one tonight at an inopportune moment with them leading heading into the late innings and with a chance to extend their winning streak while guaranteeing themselves no worse than a series split against Houston.
After Nathan Eovaldi tossed 5 2⁄3 scoreless, the veteran was removed after his uncharacteristic third walk of the evening. That tasked the ‘pen with holding onto a 2-0 lead for a big chunk of this game and, especially with most of the high leverage pitchers dealing with something, that proved to be far too big of an ask.