Hunter Brown threw six shutout innings to outpitch Jacob deGrom while Christian Walker and Yordan Alvarez each had solo home runs and two RBI as the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 11-0 on Saturday night.

The Astros (78-65) lead the AL West by 3 1/2 games over Seattle. The Rangers (73-70) are 1 1/2 games behind the Mariners, who hold the league’s final wild card.

Hunter (11-7) threw 107 pitches to match his major league high, allowing four hits — all singles — and three walks while striking out eight. His 2.25 ERA is second in the American League to the 2.10 of Detroit’s Tarik Skubal.

DeGrom (11-7) allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings, his ERA rising to 2.78 – fourth in the AL. Texas’ lone All-Star selection has won one of his last seven starts.

DeGrom beat Brown 1-0 in their prev

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