Astros 2, Rangers 0: Spencer Arrighetti Carries a No-Hit Bid Deep in Arlington

The lead

May 15, 2026 - Houston - The Houston Astros leaned on Spencer Arrighetti's takeover from Triple-A—and he rewarded them with a no-hit bid deep into the night before Justin Foscue singled with one out in the eighth, part of a 2-0 blanking of the Texas Rangers that CBS Sports chronicled in its game recap.

Arrighetti (5-1) finished 7 1/3 innings on 102 pitches: five punchouts, four walks, and one hit allowed once the no-hitter dissolved, per CBS—lowering his ERA to 1.50 across six starts after beginning the year in the minors.

How the game turned

Isaac Paredes supplied the early offense with a solo homer in the third, and Braden Shewmake—riding an 11-game hitting streak CBS noted—plated insurance with an RBI single in the eighth after Foscue's knock chased Arrighetti. Bryan King recorded the final five outs for his fourth save.

Pitching and matchup notes

Jack Leiter still dueled: one earned run on three hits with six strikeouts across seven frames yet took the loss when Houston solved him for the third-inning long ball. Fantasy nuance: Arrighetti's 25.33 AthX Engine pitching FP trailed only Merrill Kelly on the May 15 board despite modest traditional counting stats—length and dominance still pay.

Bats that changed the board

Houston manufactured just enough without a crooked inning—Paredes' swing and Shewmake's tack-on hit bookended Arrighetti's mastery. The Astros landed 15th in AthX Engine club scoring for the night at 7 team FP, underscoring how pitcher-led nights grade differently than shootouts.

AthX Engine fantasy angle

No-hit bids that reach the eighth turbocharge daily pitching points in AthX Engine even when the final line shows a hit—your fantasy score remembers the prior six scoreless frames. AthX share prices still anchor to marketplace demand through dynamic pricing.

What comes next

Texas left Minute Maid Park needing more traffic against an arm that arrived as a story line and departed as the headline; the Astros kept rolling behind a template pitching coaches dream on: rise, miss, repeat, until the eighth.

*Sources: MLB.com schedule, MLB gameday wrap, CBS Sports recap, AthX Engine scoring. Information only; not financial advice.*