Article 6FKFZ Rangers shut out Astros to win Game 1 of all-Texas AL Championship Series

Rangers shut out Astros to win Game 1 of all-Texas AL Championship Series

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  • Texas Rangers take 1-0 lead in best-of-seven series
  • Jordan Montgomery's gem helps team to victory

Jordan Montgomery shut down the Houston Astros and Leody Taveras homered as the Texas Rangers did just enough against Justin Verlander to get a 2-0 win in the opener of the AL Championship Series on Sunday night.

Montgomery pitched five-hit ball over 6 1/3 scoreless innings and Taveras provided a two-run lead with his solo homer in the fifth. Evan Carter, a 21-year-old rookie, doubled and scored in the second and made two nifty defensive plays in left field.

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