Houston Astros (7-8, fourth within the AL West) vs. Texas Rangers (5-10, fifth within the AL West)
Arlington, Texas; Monday, 8:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Framber Valdez (1-1, 4.50 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 12 strikeouts); Rangers: Dane Dunning (0-1, 5.68 ERA, 1.90 WHIP, 14 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Astros -137, Rangers +116; over/beneath is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers purpose to cease their three-game home slide with a victory over the Houston Astros.
Texas has a 1-5 file at home and a 5-10 file general. The Rangers rank tenth within the AL with 13 whole home runs, averaging 0.9 per sport.
Houston is 7-8 general and 2-4 in home video games. The Astros are 5-1 in video games once they file at the least eight hits.
Monday’s sport is the primary time these groups sq. off this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Nate Lowe ranks fifth on the Rangers with a .373 batting common, and has three doubles, a home run, 4 walks and 9 RBI. Marcus Semien is 9-for-38 with 4 RBI during the last 10 video games.
Alex Bregman leads the Astros with three home runs whereas slugging .529. Michael Brantley is 12-for-40 with a double, two home runs and 5 RBI over the previous 10 video games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 4-6, .224 batting common, 4.86 ERA, outscored by 5 runs
Astros: 3-7, .200 batting common, 4.65 ERA, outscored by 19 runs
INJURIES: Rangers: Spencer Patton: 10-Day IL (indirect), Jon Gray: 10-Day IL (knee), Josh Sborz: 10-Day IL (elbow), Jose Leclerc: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan Hernandez: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Astros: Jose Altuve: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Taylor Jones: 60-Day IL (again), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60-Day IL (forearm), Ryan Pressly: 10-Day IL (knee), Jacob Meyers: 10-Day IL (shoulder)
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The Associated Press created this story utilizing expertise supplied by Data Skrive and knowledge from Sportradar.