Will Rangers continue to hit vs. Astros?
The Texas Rangers look to continue their run production tonight when they host the Houston Astros at 8:05PM ET.
The Astros have Doug Fister taking the mound to face Cole Hamels of the Rangers. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Rangers are favored at home, as they are getting odds of -135 to win, while the Astros are getting a money line of +125 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 9 runs.
Texas is 8-6 on the season, 4-3 at home and 9-5 with the over. Houston is 5-9 overall, 2-5 on the road and 8-5-1 with the over. Texas won the series opener on Tuesday by a 7-5 margin. The Rangers have now won eight of their last 10 meetings with the Astros and the two have pushed or hit the over in seven of their last eight meetings.
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Houston has been struggling as of late, especially in run production. They have scored three runs or less in six of their last nine games and they are 3-6 in that stretch. The wins have come with solid pitching performances, which likely doesn’t mean good things today as Fister currently has a 7.59 ERA. The Astros also face Hamels, who has a 2.95 ERA thus far and has led the Rangers to three wins. Texas has scored at least five runs in six of their last seven. Expect that to continue tonight in a win.
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