Astros ride early homers and Arrighetti’s latest gem to a 5-1 win over the Rangers

By: The Associated Press Posted: 10:22 PM CDT Thursday, May. 28, 2026

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jeremy Peña and Isaac Paredes homered in the first inning, and Spencer Arrighetti pitched the Houston Astros past the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Thursday night.

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jeremy Peña and Isaac Paredes homered in the first inning, and Spencer Arrighetti pitched the Houston Astros past the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Thursday night.

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jeremy Peña and Isaac Paredes homered in the first inning, and Spencer Arrighetti pitched the Houston Astros past the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Thursday night.

The Astros took three of four games in the series from their in-state rivals, finishing a 7-3 trip with six wins in the last seven games.

The Rangers, no-hit Monday by three Houston pitchers, have lost six of seven overall.

Houston Astros' Isaac Paredes celebrates a home run with Houston Astros' third base coach Tony Perezchica during the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Thursday, May 28, 2026, Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)

Texas manager Skip Schumaker missed the game to attend his son’s high school graduation in California. Bench coach Luis “Pipe” Urueta ran the team.

Arrighetti (7-1) tossed six effective innings, allowing only Josh Jung’s homer in the second. He gave up three hits, walked one and plunked two batters with pitches. The right-hander’s ERA rose just a hair, from 1.32 to 1.34.

Peña pulled Nathan Eovaldi’s fourth pitch to left field for his second homer this season, both in the last three games.

After a walk to Yordan Alvarez, who homered five times in the first three games of the series, Paredes ended an 0-for-10 skid with another home run to left.

Houston made it 5-1 in the third on two-out RBI hits by Taylor Trammell and Cam Smith.

Eovaldi (5-6) permitted four hits in seven innings and walked two, with both coming around to score. He threw seven shutout innings 11 days earlier at Houston in an 8-0 win.

Smith pulled back a ball hit by Brandon Nimmo over the 8-foot wall in right field with a leaping grab in the first inning.

Alvarez, who entered leading the AL with a .312 batting average and tied for first with 20 home runs, went 0 for 3 with a strikeout and a walk.

Up next

Both teams open weekend series at home on Friday. Astros RHP Kai-Wei Teng (3-3, 2.19 ERA) will face Milwaukee RHP Coleman Crow (0-0, 2.61). Rangers LHP MacKenzie Gore (3-4, 4.42 ERA) opposes Kansas City RHP Stephen Kolek (3-0, 2.77).

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