4 1/3 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts in relief in his debut

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Yankees manager Joe Girardi says hes thinking about allowing Rivera to do it this weekend, when the Yankees finish their season with a three-game series at the Houston Astros. HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros have struggled to beat the Texas Rangers all season.Ian Desmond hit a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning and the Rangers beat Houston 5-3 on Sunday for their 11th win in 13 games against the Astros this year.Texas took two of three in the weekend series and extended its AL West lead to 7 1/2 games over Houston.Weve had a hell of a time matching up with these guys, Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. Were always going to counter-punch. Were not just going to sit here and take it.Houston went 2-5 on its homestand and has lost eight of its last 10 games overall.Anytime I leave this podium after a loss I hate it, Hinch said. I dont care what teams on the other side, I dont care what division theyre in, what league theyre in and how the loss happened.Clearly games against the Rangers matter when theyre ahead of us, they matter when theyre behind us, theyre in our division. So Im not naive, I know that those games are going to be magnified. You get into August and were in a playoff race, these games get a little heightened awareness.After Shin-Soo Choo led off the 11th with a double, Desmond followed with a single against Chris Devenski (0-4). Rougned Odor later hit an RBI double.Matt Bush (5-2) pitched the 10th, then struck out George Springer with runners on the corners in the 11th.Theres plenty of time, theres still a lot of baseball left, Houston closer Ken Giles said. We competed throughout the entire series, it wasnt a blowout. They didnt blow us out, we didnt blow them out. It was just one of those weve got to go out there and compete. They did the little things right, we just need to maximize on their mistakes next time because they maximized on ours.Texas starter Yu Darvish pitched seven shutout innings, striking out eight and giving up five hits.Alex Bregman hit an RBI double, and Jose Altuve followed with an RBI single off Jeremy Jeffress to cut the Rangers lead to 3-2 in the eighth.ddddddddddddTony Kemp tied it in the ninth with a single off Sam Dyson that scored pinch-runner Carlos Gomez, who slid around Jonathan Lucroys tag.Lucroy put the Rangers ahead with an RBI double in the fifth. Jurickson Profar hit a two-run double off Giles to extend the lead to 3-0 in the eighth.Kemp had three hits after coming in as a pinch hitter in the eighth.Joe Musgrove allowed one run on five hits in seven innings, striking out six in his first major league start. The right-hander threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts in relief in his debut Tuesday.Im more comfortable just because Im in what Im used to in the starting role, Musgrove said. Anytime you go out and face a team like that, especially with a guy like (Yu) Darvish on the mound you cant really afford to give up many runs because hes a top tier pitcher.TRAINERS ROOMRangers: OF Carlos Beltran was out of the lineup after leaving Saturdays game with a left quad contusion. He pinch-hit in the 10th and flied out to leave the bases loaded.Astros: OF Colby Rasmus was put on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a cyst in his right ear. Its been bothering him for a while, Hinch said. Clearly, there are some things going on there that we need to look into further. Kemp was recalled from Triple-A Fresno. ... INF Luis Valbuena (right hamstring strain) is progressing slowly and hasnt done any baseball activities, Hinch said.UP NEXTRangers: LHP Cole Hamels (12-3) will start the first of a two-game series in Colorado on Monday. Hamels is second in the AL in ERA at 2.89 and has the lowest road ERA in the AL at 1.90 in 12 road starts.Astros: RHP Collin McHugh (7-8) starts the first of four games in Minnesota on Monday. McHugh allowed a season-high three home runs in his last outing Wednesday against Toronto. ' ' '