García hits 2 more home runs, powers Rangers past Astros 8-4

<p>ARLINGTON, Texas &mdash; Adolis García kept up his home run barrage, connecting twice Saturday and helping power the Texas Rangers past the Houston Astros 8-4.</p>
<p>García, who hit a three-run, walkoff drive in the 10th inning to beat the Astros 7-5 on Friday night, had a solo homer in the fifth. The 28-year-old Cuban rookie added another solo shot in the seventh off Andre Scrubb (1-1).</p>
<p>García has 14 home runs this year, one behind major league leader Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Braves.</p>
<p>Jose Trevino hit a two-run double during a five-run seventh inning as the Rangers overcame a 4-3 deficit.</p>
<p>Kolby Allard (1-0) entered the game with a runner on second base with two out in the top of the seventh and held the Astros scoreless for 1 1/3 innings.</p>
<p>Houston supported starter Lance McCullers Jr. with three runs in the first two innings and another in the fourth. He left the game with a 4-3 lead after throwing 105 pitches in five innings.</p>
<p>McCullers struck out four in the first inning. He walked the first two Rangers and struck out two before Joey Gallo reached first base on a third-strike wild pitch. Khris Davis was the fourth to strike out, swinging through a 3-2 pitch.</p>
<p>It was the eighth time an Astros pitcher has struck out four in an inning, and the sixth when four Rangers have struck out four times.</p>
<p>In the first, the first three Astros reached base against Texas starter Jordan Lyles. Yordan Alvarez had an RBI grounder and Yuli Gurriel followed with a sacrifice fly. Chas McCormick led off the second with his third home run.</p>
<p>ROOKIE BACK DOWN</p>
<p>Astros RHP Tyler Ivey, who made his major league debut with a start on Friday, was optioned back to Triple-A Sugar Land.</p>
<p>TRAINER’S ROOM</p>
<p>Astros: INF Aledmys Diaz, who left Friday’s game because of tightness in his left hamstring, was not in Saturday’s lineup. Houston recalled INF Taylor Jones from Triple-A Sugar Land. … LHP Framber Valdez (Saturday) and RHP Jake Odorizzi (Sunday), on the injured list, were scheduled to make rehab starts at Sugar Land.</p>
<p>Rangers: RHP Kohei Arihara is scheduled to undergo a procedure on Thursday to repair an aneurysm in his right shoulder and is expected to be sidelined a minimum of 12 weeks. Arihara has been on the injured list since May 9, and LHP Hyeon-jong Yang has taken his place in the Texas rotation. … RHP Hunter Wood left the game in the seventh inning because of elbow tightness.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Astros: RHP Cristian Javier (3-1, 3.27) will start Sunday’s finale of a three-game series.</p>
<p>Rangers: RHP Mike Foltynewicz (1-4, 5.18) will start the last game of a seven-game homestand.</p>
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