Live coverage of the Astros vs Rangers MLB game on ESPN (AU), including live score, highlights and updated stats. Rangers take ALCS Game 1 from Astros, staying perfect in 2023 MLB playoffs.
Jordan Montgomery stopped Yordan Alvarez right in his tracks, and the Texas Rangers struck first in the American League Championship Series, thanks to their unlikely emerging playoff ace and a baserunning gaffe by a playoff legend.
Montgomery posted his second scoreless outing in three playoff starts, including a total throttling of the Houston Astros’ previously unstoppable slugger. And the Rangers showed off the undeniable advantage they have in this series – the hitters at the bottom of the order – to register a 2-0 victory in Game 1 of the ALCS on Sunday night at Minute Maid Park.
The Rangers are perfect this postseason – 6-0, five of the wins coming on the road – and they put the Astros in an unfamiliar, uncomfortable spot. The defending World Series champs have won the past two AL pennants, and they captured Game 1 of the ALCS both times.
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