Houston Astros vs Texas Rangers Box Score on Jun 02, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 3, 2017

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Dallas Keuchel allowed three hits in six innings and Carlos Correa smashed a three-run homer as the Houston Astros continued their torrid start with a 7-1 victory over the Texas Rangers.

The win, the eighth straight for Houston, moved the Astros 23 games over .500. That's the first time they're reached that mark since the 2001 season. Texas has lost nine of its last 12 games.

Keuchel (9-0) didn't allow a hit until the fourth inning and that came on a two-out double by Adrian Beltre on a blooper that right fielder Josh Reddick overran. He struck out seven. With the win, Keuchel became just the second starting pitcher in club history to start the season 9-0. Roger Clemens did it in 2004 on his way to the Cy Young Award.

Houston gave Keuchel all the support he'd need in the fifth inning when they strung together a two-out rally against Texas ace Yu Darvish (5-4).

Reddick singled and Jose Altuve followed that with a double to put runners on second and third. Correa then extended his hitting streak to eight games by launching a three-run homer to left-center to put Houston up 3-0.

Those would be the only runs Darvish gave up, but he threw 104 pitches in five innings. He surrendered seven hits and struck out eight.

The Rangers threatened against Keuchel in the sixth, loading the bases with two outs. But Keuchel got Rougned Odor to ground out to first to end the inning and his night.

The Astros blew the game open in the eighth on an RBI double from Yuli Gurriel and a three-run blast to center from George Springer.

The Rangers avoided the shutout in the ninth on a solo homer from Beltre, who had two of the four Texas hits.

Houston finished with nine hits as Altuve and Springer each had a pair. The Rangers went 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position and left six runners on base. Texas got just three balls out of the infield in the first five innings and struck out 10 times.

NOTES: The Astros dominated American League honors for May, with SS Carlos Correa the AL Player of the Month and RHP Lance McCullers Jr. the pitcher of the month. McCullers went 4-0 with a 0.99 ERA and Correa hit .386 with 26 RBI. ... The start of the game was delayed by 2 hours, 6 minutes because of rain. ... The Rangers designated RHP Sam Dyson for assignment and activated RHP Jose Leclerc from the 10-day disabled list.