The Houston Astros (78-65) and the Texas Rangers (73-70) square off on Sunday at 2:35 p.m. ET to break a 1-1 series tie. The Astros are favored (-130) to win the contest against the Rangers (+110). Houston’s Framber Valdez and Texas’ Patrick Corbin will start this matchup.

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Astros vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Astros (-130)
• Underdog: Rangers (+110)
• Over/under: 8.5

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have won 53.2% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (50-44).
• Houston has a 32-25 record (winning 56.1% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -130 or shorter.
• The Astros have an implied moneyline win probability of 56.5% in this contest.
• Houston has combined with opponents to go over the total 65 times this season for a 65-71-7 record against the over/under.
• The Astros have a 71-72-0 record against the spread this season (covering 49.7% of the time).

Astros hitting info

• Jose Altuve has hit a team-high 24 home runs.
• Among all batters in baseball, Altuve’s home run total ranks 41st and his RBI tally ranks 64th.
• Jeremy Pena’s .304 batting average leads his team.
• Pena ranks 118th in home runs among hitters in MLB play and 130th in RBI.
• Pena brings a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .261 with a home run, two walks and two RBIs.
• Yainer Diaz has 20 doubles, a triple, 18 home runs and 20 walks while batting .252.
• Christian Walker has totaled 76 runs batted in to lead his team.
• Walker has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .211 with a double, a home run, a walk and two RBIs.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros pitching staff ranks first in the majors with a collective 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Houston has the eighth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.86).
• Pitchers for the Astros combine for the No. 6-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.225).
• The Astros allow the 22nd-fewest home runs in baseball (174 total, 1.2 per game).
• In its 11-0 win last time out, Houston struck out 11 Rangers batters while allowing four hits.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• This season, the Rangers have been the underdog 69 times and won 25, or 36.2%, of those games.
• Texas has a record of 9-24, a 27.3% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +110 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 47.6% chance of a victory for the Rangers.
• Texas and its opponents have hit the over in 63 of its 143 games with a total this season.
• In 143 games with a spread this season, the Rangers are 77-66-0 ATS.

Rangers hitting info

• Wyatt Langford leads Texas with 21 home runs this season. He’s batting .249 with 59 RBI.
• Langford’s home run total ranks 59th in the big leagues, and he is 103rd in RBI.
• Josh Smith has collected 115 hits this season and has an OBP of .335. He’s slugging .371 on the year.
• Smith is 207th in home runs and 235th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Josh Jung has collected 104 base hits, an OBP of .298 and a slugging percentage of .395 this season.
• Jung heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .167 with .
• Kyle Higashioka has collected 66 hits this season and has an OBP of .294. He’s slugging .410 on the year.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers average the 16th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the majors this season.
• Texas has the first-best ERA (3.47) in the majors this season.
• No team allows fewer walks and hits than the Rangers, who lead MLB with a 1.176 WHIP.
• With just 152 homers allowed, the Rangers rank ninth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Texas suffered an 11-0 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out 12 Astros batters while allowing 15 hits.