Jonah Heim's single opened up the scoring as he plated Evan Carter to give the Rangers a 1–0 lead against Astros starter, Justin Verlander.

In the fourth, Montgomery struck out Martin Maldonado to escape a bases-loaded jam and preserve the one-run lead.

After Montgomery's stellar start of 61⁄3 innings, the trio of Josh Sborz, Aroldis Chapman, and José Leclerc kept the Astros off the board to take the first game of the best-of-seven series.

Adolis García, Mitch Garver, and Nathaniel Lowe all hit run-scoring singles in the inning, bringing the score to 4–0.

Cristian Javier was matched against Max Scherzer, with the latter making his first start since September 12 after having suffered a low-grade strain of his teres major muscle.

Rangers center fielder Leody Taveras robbed Alvarez of a home run to open the sixth inning.

In the top of the seventh inning, with runners on base, Alvarez singled off Will Smith to score Maldonado and Altuve, extending the Astros lead to 7–2.

In the bottom of that inning, Adolis Garcia singled off reliever Bryan Abreu to score Marcus Semien, making the Rangers trail 8–5.

In the top of the first inning, Alex Bregman tripled off Andrew Heaney to score Jose Altuve and Mauricio Dubón.

In the fourth, with the bases loaded, Maldonado scored on a sacrifice fly by Alvarez to put the Astros back in the lead at 4–3.

Rafael Montero closed out the ninth inning without allowing a run to tie the series at two games apiece.

In the bottom of the third inning, after walking Mitch Garver and giving up a base hit to Jonah Heim, Verlander retired Marcus Semien and Corey Seager on two pitches to preserve a one-run lead for the Astros.

In the top of the sixth inning, José Abreu hit an RBI single off Montgomery to score Bregman, putting the Astros back in the lead at 2–1.

Later that inning, Josh Sborz escaped the one-out bases-loaded jam after Montgomery gave up a run to Bregman on Alvarez's single and walking Kyle Tucker.

In the bottom of the eighth, Garcia was intentionally hit by a pitch by Bryan Abreu, which led to the benches being cleared when García started arguing with catcher Martin Maldonado.

Umpire crew chief James Hoye ejected Abreu, García, and Astros manager Dusty Baker as a result.

This resulted in benches being cleared for an on-field delay of nearly 12 minutes when García confronted catcher Martin Maldonado in an argument while being held off by home plate umpire Marvin Hudson.

In the top of the fourth, Jonah Heim hit a two-run home run over the glove of Kyle Tucker to put the Rangers in the lead at 3–1.

In the bottom half of the eighth, José Leclerc struck out Jon Singleton to escape the bases-loaded jam and preserve the 4–2 lead for the Rangers.

In the ninth, with bases loaded with no outs, Ryne Stanek hit Corey Seager with a pitch to score Josh Jung to extend the Rangers lead to 5–2.

In the third, Adolis García hit a solo home run near the right-field foul pole off Hunter Brown to extend the Rangers lead to 4–1.

The Astros were on the losing end in both series and notably, the Game 7 starting pitcher for the visiting teams on both occasions was Max Scherzer.

[32] The previous season, at age 73, Baker became the oldest manager to win a championship in one of the four major North American sports.

Baker would join the San Francisco Giants' front office as a special advisor, his third stint with the club (player in 1984, manager from 1993-2002).

[33] The Astros run of seven straight ALCS appearances would end in 2024, falling just short of the 1991-1993 / 1995-1999 Braves for the consecutive LCS streak record (MLB did not have a postseason in 1994 due to the 1994-95 Major League Baseball strike).