ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Brandon Nimmo singled for Texas three batters into the bottom of the first inning a night after three Houston pitchers combined for a no-hitter against the Rangers.Four more hits and eight runs later, the Rangers were on their way to 10-7 victory made a little more interesting by four homers of at least 422 feet from the Astros.“It doesn’t make any sense sometimes,” Texas manager Skip Schumaker said. “You’re trying to think about different ways to win games, last night, late at night. Again this morning. And then we come out and walk and slug. It’s kind of a crazy game.”Jake Burger had a two-run single with the bases loaded, Evan Carter drove home two more with a bouncing triple past first baseman Christian Walker into the right-field corner and Joc Pederson capped the eight-run first with a three-run homer off Jason Alexander after the right-hander had struck him out to start the inning.
“I don’t even remember yesterday,” said Burger, who had struck out in his previous three at-bats with runners in scoring position. “But no, when you see Nimmo break it open, get the hit, everybody kind of takes a deep breath. I don’t know if there’s anything in the history books of somebody scoring eight runs after a no hit.”
