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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Trainer Chad Brown got his 2016 Saratoga meeting off to the same flying start as last summer, winning the opening-day feature, the $200,000 Lake George, for the second year in a row, this time with the undefeated Ancient Secret.Brown sent out the first two finishers in Fridays Grade 2 Lake George, with Elyseas World rallying to be second, 1-1/4 lengths behind her stablemate and a length in front of the late-running Outsider Art. Brown won the 2015 Lake George with Mrs McDougal.Ancient Secret was the third of four winners on the card for jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.Ancient Secret entered the 1-1/16-mile Lake George perfect in three starts but was racing for the first time around two turns and for the first time beyond a mile. She rated kindly for Ortiz, three lengths off the early pace dictated by Sky My Sky, moved readily to challenge for command three wide into the stretch, and, after edging clear, maintained a safe advantage to the end.Elyseas World raced near the rear of the field for six furlongs, brushed briefly with Thundering Sky while attempting to split rivals with her bid near midstretch, and continued willingly to be second-best.Ancient Secret is a New York-bred daughter of Kantharos owned by Alpha Delta Stable. She completed the distance over a firm course in 1:40.35 and returned $6.40 in the scratch-reduced field of 8 3-year-old fillies.Winning the Lake George two years in a row is great and takes a lot of pressure off right away, said Brown. At least we wont get shut out for the meet.Brown said he was impressed with Ancient Secrets performance.This filly ran really well, said Brown. Shes a remarkable little horse. She always trained like a real quality animal. 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Things worked out for us today.Houston went 2-5 on its and has lost eight of its last 10 games.Anytime I leave this podium after a loss I hate it, Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. I dont care what teams on the other side, I dont care what division theyre in, what league theyre in and how the loss happened.Clearly games against the Rangers matter when theyre ahead of us, they matter when theyre behind us, theyre in our division. So Im not naive, I know that those games are going to be magnified. You get into August and were in a playoff race, these games get a little heightened awareness, he said.After Shin-Soo Choo led off the 11th with a double, Desmond followed with a single against Chris Devenski (0-4).Desmond is tied for the major league lead with Houstons Carlos Correa with seven go-ahead RBI in the seventh inning or later this season.I just want to make sure I feel good in those situations, and I have, Desmond said.Rougned Odor later hit an RBI double.We were 5-for-21 with runners in scoring position, Banister said. In those types of situations these guys are up there trying to put the best at-bat they can together. We got a little anxious in some of the at-bats and then hit some balls fairly well. 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Jurickson Profar hit a two-run double off Ken Giles to extend the lead to 3-0 in the eighth.Kemp had three hits after coming on as a pinch-hitter in the eighth.Joe Musgrove allowed one run on five hits in seven innings, striking out six in his first major league start. The right-hander threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts in relief in his debut Tuesday.TRAINERS ROOMRangers: OF Carlos Beltran was out of the lineup after leaving Saturdays game with a left quad contusion. He pinch-hit in the 10th and flied out to leave the bases loaded.Astros: OF Colby Rasmus was put on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a cyst in his right ear.Its been bothering him for a while, Hinch said. Clearly, there are some things going on there that we need to look into further. Kemp was recalled from Triple-A Fresno. ... 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