Zack Short hit a walk-off RBI single in the 11th inning after Christian Walker tied it with a sacrifice fly and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 5-4.

After Josh Hader blew his first save of the season, the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers in 11 to end four-game losing streak.

The Texas Rangers play the Houston Astros after Wyatt Langford had four hits on Friday in a 7-3 win over the Astros.

The Rangers dealt them a 7-3 loss at Daikin Park in the opener of the teams' final series before the All-Star break, one that produced the Astros' longest skid of their first half. Houston, swept by the Guardians to start this homestand,

Since returning from the IL in June, Lance McCullers Jr. hasn't pitched particularly well. Even in his start against the Dodgers, it took a few innings before he settled into a groove. Ironically, he walked a total of 12 hitters (four in each game) in his last three starts before this one against the Rangers on Friday evening.