Rangers blank Astros in ALCS for 6th straight postseason win
HOUSTON -- Jordan Montgomery carried a shutout into the seventh inning and Leody Taveras clubbed his first career postseason home run as the Texas Rangers extended their franchise-record postseason winning streak with a 2-0 victory over the host Houston Astros in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday.
Taveras finished 2-for-2 with a walk batting in the nine-hole against Astros right-hander Justin Verlander. He drilled a 1-2 slider from Verlander 398 feet into the right-field seats with one out in the fifth to double the Rangers' lead. Texas grabbed a 1-0 advantage off Verlander in the second when Jonah Heim followed a one-out hustle double by Evan Carter with an RBI single.
Montgomery faced just one batter over the minimum through two innings before running into a spot of trouble in both the third and fourth. It was his ability to record timely strikeouts that proved critical for Montgomery when the Astros created traffic on the bases trailing by one run.
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