Framber Valdez threw seven shutout innings, Martín Maldonado and Alex Bregman homered with three RBIs each, and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 on Thursday.
The Astros moved one-half game ahead of the slumping New York Yankees for the AL's best record in manager Dusty Baker's return after he missed five games with COVID-19.Houston roughed up rookie Cole Ragans for five runs in 4 1/3 innings.
Yuli Gurriel singled to start Houston's fifth, and Bregman's one-out home run clanged off the wall in left field, extending the lead to 5-0 and chasing the 24-year-old Ragans, who made his second major league start. Heim was the first of 11 straight batters Valdez sat down before Leody Taveras singled with one out in the seventh. Charlie Culberson sent Taveras to third with a single, but Valdez struck out Duran and Thompson to end the inning and his day.
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