ARLINGTON, Texas — The numbers were in Martín Pérez’s favor. The on-field outcome was not.
Pérez — who’s pitched his best at home this season and against the Houston Astros for his career — turned back both those trends in the Rangers’ heartbreaking 12-11 loss to the Astros on Monday at Globe Life Field.
The 32-year-old lefthander lasted just one and one-third of an inning vs. the Astros, needed 57 pitches to record four outs and allowed six earned runs on six hits and two walks. It was Pérez’s shortest start of the season, the previous being a 3.1 innings, seven-run outing against the Tampa Bay Rays on June 11.