The Texas Rangers held on to win their seventh straight postseason game, while the Arizona Diamondbacks dropped the first game to the Philadelphia Phillies.
ALCS Game 2: Texas Rangers 5, Houston Astros 4
Nathan Eovaldi had another excellent playoff outing, holding the Astros to three runs on five hits and striking out nine Houston batters. Yordan Álvarez had himself a great night, blasting two homers off of Eovaldi in a singleminded effort to bring the Astros all the way back, but the Rangers offense wasn’t messing around tonight.