The defending World Series champion Astros were again felled by a subpar start from Framber Valdez and lackluster play at home.
But the Rangers got some insurance from an RBI double by Garver with one out in the eighth off Abreu.
Josh Sborz walked Alex Bregman to start the Houston eighth and struck out Alvarez before José Abreu singled with one out.
Abreu singled on a grounder to right field before Tucker grounded into a force out that left him out at second and sent Alvarez to third.
Heim, who had a career-high 18 home runs in the regular season, also homered off Valdez in Game 2 of this series.
Persons:
— Nathan Eovaldi, Mitch Garver, Jonah Heim, Adolis García, Eovaldi, Framber Valdez, Valdez, Bryan Abreu, García, Stanek, Yordan Alvarez, Garver, Heim, Mauricio Dubón, Abreu, It’s, Cliff Lee, They’d, José Leclerc, Jose Altuve, Josh Sborz, Alex Bregman, Alvarez, José Abreu, Leclerc, Kyle Tucker, Jon Singleton, Jeremy Peña, Houston’s, Tucker, Dubón, Altuve, Brantley, barehanded, Nathaniel Lowe, Josh Jung, Garcia, Bryan Abreu's, John McHale Jr, Rob Manfred, Evan Carter, Adolis Garcia, ___
Organizations:
HOUSTON, Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, Rangers, Astros, The Rangers, Houston, The Astros, Tampa, Eovaldi, Valdez, Major League Baseball
Locations:
Houston, García, Arlington, Washington, Valdez, Texas, Tampa Bay