Mitch Garver and Jonah Heim each went deep and the Texas Rangers edged the Philadelphia Phillies Tuesday night, 6-4.
Left-hander Brock Burke picked up the win on the mound, tossing 2.1 scoreless innings.
With the victory, Texas improves to 9-14 on the year.
They’ll visit Philadelphia again Wednesday afternoon at 5:45 p.m.
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Houston starting pitcher Christian Javier hurled 5.1 stellar innings and the Astros blanked the Seattle Mariners Tuesday night, 4-0 .
It was a monumental victory for ‘Stros skipper Dusty Baker, who picked up his 2,000th career win.
The 72-year-old Baker is currently at his 5th managerial stop.
He’ll go for win number 2,001 Wednesday afternoon when Houston hosts Seattle again at 1:10 p.m.