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Martin Perez Tagged With Loss in Astros-Rangers Match

Houston's pitching staff did its job for UNDER bettors, holding Texas scoreless in a 1-0 victory on Monday at Minute Maid Park.

Houston won as a -170 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 8 were rewarded at the payout window.

Hunter Brown earned the victory for the Astros, throwing 6 innings of work, striking out 5, walking 1, and allowing 3 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 1 RBIs from Martin Maldonado in the win.

Texas got a 7-inning outing from Martin Perez in the loss. He gave up 1 earned runs, 1 walks and 6 hits in his time on the mound, while Marcus Semien had 1 hits in the loss for the Rangers.

Houston enjoyed an edge at the plate with a 8-3 advantage in hits.

The game was closed out by Rafael Montero who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 1 batters to earn the save.