Adolis Garcia and Marcus Semien each homered while Nathan Eovaldi capped his stellar first half with another quality start as the visiting Texas Rangers claimed the rubber match of a three-game series against the Houston Astros with a 5-1 victory on Sunday.

After a dramatic win Saturday in 11 innings, the Houston Astros look to win the series from the Texas Rangers behind All-Star pitcher Hunter Brown. Texas counters with Alvin's Nathan Eovaldi. 3B Paredes RF C. Smith 2B Altuve 1B Walker C Caratini CF Trammell 3B Dubón LF Hummel SS Short P Brown

Jose Altuve explained his mindset that helped him succeed following the Astros' 6-4 victory over the Dodgers on Saturday.

Astros manager Joe Espada visited the Dodger Stadium mound with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Saturday. His starter, Framber Valdez, had just walked Miguel Rojas with Shohei Ohtani due up,

Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a Denver native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and a noted fan of pull-up threes, wide-receiver passes and a good hot fudge sundae.