HOUSTON _ Rookie Ronald Guzman, in his second big-league game, hit a game-tying home run in the eighth and drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th as the Rangers rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Astros 6-5 Saturday afternoon at Minute Maid Park.
The Texas Rangers scored three runs in the eighth, including a two-run home run off the right-field foul pole by Joey Gallo, and a game-tying blast by Guzman, the first of his brief major-league career.
"I was feeling very good," Guzman said. "I just had to stay on the breaking pitch and I did and it went out. If I feel good I feel like I can hit any pitch."
The Astros had the winning run at second with two outs in the ninth but Keone Kela forced George Springer to fly out to left to send it to extra innings.
Reliever Chris Martin was quickly in a pickle in the bottom of the 10th. The first two hitters, Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve, reached on singles. Martin fielded Carlos Correa's check-swing in front of the mound and threw to third for the first out.
Adrian Beltre snared Yuli Gurriel's line drive at third but lost the handle on the transfer, preventing the inning-ending double play. Alex Claudio replaced Martin to face left-handed-hitting Josh Reddick, who grounded out to Guzman to end the game.
It's the Rangers first comeback win of the season.
In the top of the 10th, Jurickson Profar walked with one out and moved to third on Gallo's double to the wall in left-center field. After Will Harris intentionally walked Adrian Beltre to load the bases, Guzman sent a shot back to the mound, which squirted under Harris' glove. Profar scored on the infield hit.
Rangers' starter Mike Minor breezed through the first three innings on 32 pitches. He faced the minimum number of Astros thanks to a double play in the third.
But things went off the rails during a 31-pitch fourth as the Astros struck for five runs. The first five hitters, starting from the top of the order, reached. Carlos Correa drove in two with a double to left and Gurriel cleared the bases with a three-run homer to the left-field Crawford Boxes.
Astros' starter Charlie Morton picked up where Friday's starter Gerrit Cole left off. Morton struck out 12 Rangers, who have struck out 32 times in two games in Houston.
Minor regrouped enough to return for a scoreless fifth inning but the damage had been done. He was charged with five runs on five hits and a walk. Minor had allowed just three earned runs combined in his previous two starts (102/3 innings).
Solo homers by Isiah Kiner-Falefa in the fifth and Beltre in the sixth pulled the Rangers to within 5-2.
It's the first major-league homer for Kiner-Falefa and Beltre's first homer of the 2018. Beltre's homer to right-center is No. 463 for his career, tying him with Miguel Cabrera for 35th all-time. It's Beltre's 1,118th career extra-base hit, which is one shy of tying George Brett for 17th all time.
