Great start by Hunter Brown

Hunter Brown's stellar start takes Astros ahead of Rangers

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Hunter Brown bowled six shutout innings in his major league debut

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and the Houston Astros sent the visiting Rangers

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to their ninth consecutive defeat as they beat Texas 1-0 on Monday.

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Brown got off to a great start, beating Marcus Semie

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and Corey Seeger in the first innings. He surrendered to

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No. 9 hitter Bubba Thompson with two outs in the third.

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Semien opened fourth with a double and moved to third

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when Seeger followed with a groundout on the right side of the field

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as Texas made their first scoring threat of the game.

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