Odor’s homer in the 12th lifts Rangers past Astros

Rougned Odor connected for a home run to start the 12th inning Monday night, and the Texas Rangers overcame a blown save by Sam Dyson to edge the Houston Astros 4-3.

Martin Perez allowed only two runs in 6 1/3 innings for a third consecutive quality start, but he lost his chance at a win when Evan Gattis crushed a homer down the left-field line with the Rangers two outs away from a win.

Jake Diekman, who had allowed runs in his past three outings, recorded the save with a perfect 12th inning.

Odor’s homer was his 31st of the season. he also had an RBI double in a two-run first inning and a run-scoring single in the third as the Rangers collected six singles in the first three innings.

But they had only one more hit, a one-out single in the sixth by Jonathan Lucroy, over the next six innings.　

Hitting: The first five Rangers reached in the first against Doug Fister and two scored with Carlos Beltran singling home a run and Rougned Odor dropping a bloop double just inside the right-field line for another run. ... Odor singled to center in the third to drive in Ian Desmond and make it 3-1. ... The Rangers had six hits through three innings but only had one more through the 11th, a single by Jonathan Lucroy with one out in the sixth. ... Odor started the 12th with a home run, his 31st of the season, and Lucroy followed with a single by was stranded as Jared Hoying just missed his first career homer with a long drive that went foul.

Pitching: Martin Perez delivered another effective road start, his best July. ... The left-hander allowed two runs on three hits in 6 1/3 innings on only 91 pitches. He struck out six and walk three. ... He did his best pitching in the fifth, when he struck out George Springer with a runner at second to end the inning, and in the sixth, when he got three groundouts on only seven pitches. ... He was lifted after a one-out walk to Evan Gattis. ... Matt Bush allowed an inherited runner to score on a Tony Kemp pinch double that bounded over the right-field wall to keep the potential tying run from scoring. ... Bush then struck out Springer on a 3-2 fastball that registered 101 mph on the ballpark radar gun. ... Bush worked a perfect eighth inning before Sam Dyson allowed a one-out homer to Evan Gattis in the ninth to tie the score. ... Keone Kela worked a scoreless 10th, working around a one-out walk, and then worked around a one-out infield single off his pitching hand in the 11th. ...

This story was originally published September 12, 2016 at 10:59 PM with the headline "Odor’s homer in the 12th lifts Rangers past Astros."