Astros avoid sweep with 7-6 win at AL-best Rangers (Yahoo Sports)

George Springer and Evan Gattis homered for the Houston Astros, who avoided a series sweep at the AL-best Texas with a 7-6 victory Sunday that snapped the Rangers' seven-game winning streak. Houston is still 9 1/2 games behind Texas in the AL West with four weeks left in the regular season, and has won only three of 16 games against its division rival this season. The Astros were in front to stay after Springer led off the game against Yu Darvish with his 26th homer, and built a 5-0 lead before the ace was gone after four innings.