Astros 7, Rangers 3
- That was less fun than the previous game.
- And also something of a “welcome to big leagues, kid” experience for Cole Ragans.
- Ragans went 4.1 IP and gave up five runs, courtesy of a three run Martin Maldonado home run and a two run Alex Bregman home run. He was not fooling the Astros hitters today — in 88 pitches he generated just six swings and misses and got only ten called strikes, which explains his only registering one strikeout.
- The issue appeared to be an overall lack of command, both failing to throw strikes, particularly early in counts, and then leaving pitches out over the plate that Astros hitters could punish.