Although they lost the last two games at home, the Rangers had lined everything up perfectly for the rest of the ALCS against the Astros. They rested their trio of trusted relievers — José Leclerc, Aroldis Chapman, and Josh Sborz — and had their two best starters primed to clinch the series. But sometimes even the best-laid plans go awry, as a seesaw game filled with decisive homers, bench-clearing almost-brawls, and tension in just about every other moment ended in a 5-4 Houston victory that devastated the crowd in Arlington.
ALCS Game 5
Houston Astros 5, Texas Rangers 4
(Houston leads series 3-2)
For the third consecutive game, all at Globe Life Field, Houston took an early lead.