Houston Astros (22-20, second in the AL West) vs. Texas Rangers (23-21, third in the AL West)
Arlington, Texas; Thursday, 8:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Hunter Brown (6-1, 1.48 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 58 strikeouts); Rangers: Jacob deGrom (3-1, 2.72 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 46 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rangers -125, Astros +105; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros play the Texas Rangers after Jeremy Pena's four-hit game on Wednesday.
Texas has a 23-21 record overall and a 15-8 record in home games. The Rangers have the fourth-best team ERA in baseball at 3.29.
Houston is 22-20 overall and 7-11 in road games. The Astros have the seventh-best team ERA in the majors at 3.46.
Thursday's game is the first time these teams meet this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Wyatt Langford leads the Rangers with eight home runs while slugging .500. Josh Jung is 12 for 35 with four home runs and nine RBIs over the past 10 games.
Pena has eight doubles and six home runs for the Astros. Isaac Paredes is 11 for 35 with three doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 7-3, .263 batting average, 2.48 ERA, outscored opponents by 25 runs
Astros: 5-5, .283 batting average, 3.81 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs
INJURIES: Rangers: Christopher Martin: day-to-day (elbow), Corey Seager: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Kevin Pillar: 10-Day IL (back), Kumar Rocker: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan Gray: 60-Day IL (wrist), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
Astros: Hayden Wesneski: 15-Day IL (elbow), Yordan Alvarez: 10-Day IL (hand), Forrest Whitley: 15-Day IL (knee), Spencer Arrighetti: 15-Day IL (thumb), Luis Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL (elbow), J.P. France: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Taylor Trammell: 10-Day IL (calf), Pedro Leon: 10-Day IL (knee)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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