The Texas Rangers (4-2) will look to Corey Seager, who is riding a two-game home run streak, when they take on the Cincinnati Reds (3-3). The Rangers are the moneyline favorite (-157) for this outing against the Reds (+131), which starts at 4:05 p.m. ET on Friday at Globe Life Field. MacKenzie Gore starts for Texas, and Brady Singer is Cincinnati’s choice to start.

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Rangers vs. Reds betting lines

• Favorite: Rangers (-157)
• Underdog: Reds (+131)
• Over/under: 8

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have been the moneyline favorite just one other time so far this season, a game they won.
• Texas has never played a game this season with moneyline odds of -157 or shorter.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Rangers have an implied win probability of 61.1%.
• Texas has had an over/under set by oddsmakers six times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in four of those games (4-1-1).
• The Rangers have put together a 4-2-0 record against the spread this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Seager leads the Rangers with three home runs.
• In MLB action, Seager ranks third in homers and 20th in RBI.
• Seager has safely hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .278 with three home runs, five walks and five RBIs.
• Brandon Nimmo has a club-leading .360 batting average.
• Nimmo currently ranks 42nd in homers and 46th in RBI in the bigs.
• Nimmo brings a five-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .409 with a double, a home run, a walk and four RBIs.
• Jake Burger has put up a team-high six runs batted in.
• Andrew McCutchen has two doubles, a home run and a walk while batting .429.
• McCutchen has safely hit in five games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .429 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and four RBIs.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers pitching staff ranks seventh in MLB with a collective 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Texas has a 3.91 team ERA that ranks 14th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Rangers combine for the 12th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.245).
• Rangers pitchers combine to allow six total home runs at a rate of 1.0 per game (12th-fewest in baseball).
• Texas its 8-3 loss the last time out, the team struck out seven Orioles batters while allowing 12 hits.

Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Reds betting info

• This season, the Reds have won two out of the five games in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Cincinnati has played as an underdog of +131 or more once this season and lost that game.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Reds have a 43.3% chance to win.
• Games involving Cincinnati have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in three of six chances this season.
• In six games with a spread this season, the Reds are 3-3-0 ATS.

Reds hitting info

• Sal Stewart is batting .474 this season with two home runs, both lead Cincinnati hitters.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Stewart is 13th in homers and 76th in RBI.
• Eugenio Suarez leads Cincinnati in home runs (two) and runs batted in (six) this season while batting .217.
• Among all MLB hitters, Suarez is 13th in home runs and 10th in RBI.
• Suarez enters this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .263 with two home runs, a walk and six RBIs.
• Elly De La Cruz is slugging .458 this season, with a team-high two home runs. He’s also collected two RBI.
• De La Cruz takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .200 with two home runs, three walks and two RBIs.
• Matt McLain is batting .190 with an OBP of .370 and a slugging percentage of .238 this season.

Reds pitching rankings

• The Reds average the 18th-most strikeouts per nine innings (9.2) in the majors this season.
• Cincinnati has the 19th-ranked ERA (4.18) in the majors this season.
• Reds pitchers have a 1.339 WHIP this season, 18th in the majors.
• The Reds have given up the 24th-fewest long balls so far this season with nine home runs allowed.
• Cincinnati pitchers struck out 10 Pirates hitters while allowing nine base hits in an 8-3 loss its last time out.