The game was over in the first inning. Houston launched back-to-back home runs to open the scoring and never looked back, defeating Texas 4-1 at Daikin Park behind a four-homer attack that buried Jacob deGrom early.
Kai-Wei Teng earned the victory with five scoreless innings, allowing two hits while striking out seven. The right-hander walked four but worked around trouble repeatedly, carrying a 2.61 ERA. Bryan Abreu pitched 1.1 innings for his second save.
Jose Altuve opened the first inning with a 358-foot homer to left field. Yordan Alvarez followed immediately with a 362-foot shot to right, staking Houston to a 2-0 lead before Texas recorded an out. Christian Walker extended the margin with a 422-foot blast to left center in the fourth, and Zach Cole added a 361-foot homer to right in the same inning.
deGrom absorbed the loss, allowing four runs over six innings with four strikeouts. The veteran right-hander surrendered all five Houston hits, with four leaving the park. Texas managed just one run when Pederson singled to center in the seventh, scoring Burger.
Houston snapped a losing streak to improve to 18-28. Texas fell to 21-23. deGrom sits one win away from 100 career victories.