Altuve homers off Eovaldi in first 2 at-bats to lead Astros over Rangers 8-5

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Jose Altuve homered off Nathan Eovaldi in his first two at-bats and Cristian Javier pitched seven strong innings to lead the Houston Astros to an 8-5 win over the Texas Rangers. After dropping the series opener 12-8, the Astros won the next two games to improve to 4-3 against AL West rival Texas this season.

Houston AstrosJose Altuve , right, celebrates with Yordan Alvarez after hitting a solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Houston. Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi watches Houston AstrosJose Altuve run the bases after hitting a leadoff home run during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Houston.

Marcus Semien hit a three-run homer off Seth Martinez with two outs in the ninth to cut the lead to 8-5. Josh Hader struck out Corey Seager to end it. Carter got his team’s first hit with his home run to right-center with one out in the fourth that cut the lead to 2-1.

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