HOUSTON -- The Astros offense fell a little short on style points Saturday, but it did break a scoreless stretch to defeat the Texas Rangers, 2-0, at Minute Maid Park.Scott Feldman (8-10) took care of the pitching end for Houston, shutting out the Rangers. The victory clinched the Silver Boot series for the Astros against Texas for the first time since 2006, leading the season series, 10-5.Jesus Guzman walked to lead off the bottom of the seventh and moved to third on a bloop double down the left-field line by Carlos Corporan. 
Then Jake Marisnick hit a high bouncer near the mound. Rangers reliever Phil Klein grabbed it, figured he had no chance to get Guzman at home and fired to first. Bad throw. Two runs scored on the hit and error.Feldman allowed only three singles and walked one for his second complete game of the season. No Ranger runner reached third base.Texas left hander Robbie Ross Jr., called up to make a spot start, held Houston hitless for five innings, though he did walk three. Ross had thrown 42 pitches in relief Thursday night for Triple-A Round Rock and Texas manager Ron Washington decided that 70 pitches were enough for Ross.Ryan Rua, playing in only his third Major League game, singled up the middle off Feldman in the fifth inning for the first hit.Rougned Odor led off the sixth with a second single off Feldman, but the Astros defense got him out of the inning. Corporan threw out Odor attempting to steal and shortstop Gregorio Petit, filling in for the injured Marwin Gonzalez, made a spectacular stab of a hard grounder by Leonys Martin behind second base and threw him out.Houston's Jose Altuve, the American League's leading hitter, doubled off Klein in the sixth for the Astros' first hit. Altuve went 1-for-3.Gene Duffey / Special to MLB.com
Then Jake Marisnick hit a high bouncer near the mound. Rangers reliever Phil Klein grabbed it, figured he had no chance to get Guzman at home and fired to first. Bad throw. Two runs scored on the hit and error.Feldman allowed only three singles and walked one for his second complete game of the season. No Ranger runner reached third base.Texas left hander Robbie Ross Jr., called up to make a spot start, held Houston hitless for five innings, though he did walk three. Ross had thrown 42 pitches in relief Thursday night for Triple-A Round Rock and Texas manager Ron Washington decided that 70 pitches were enough for Ross.Ryan Rua, playing in only his third Major League game, singled up the middle off Feldman in the fifth inning for the first hit.Rougned Odor led off the sixth with a second single off Feldman, but the Astros defense got him out of the inning. Corporan threw out Odor attempting to steal and shortstop Gregorio Petit, filling in for the injured Marwin Gonzalez, made a spectacular stab of a hard grounder by Leonys Martin behind second base and threw him out.Houston's Jose Altuve, the American League's leading hitter, doubled off Klein in the sixth for the Astros' first hit. Altuve went 1-for-3.Gene Duffey / Special to MLB.com
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