The Texas Rangers (24-22) host the Houston Astros (23-21) on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. ET. The Rangers are favored on the moneyline (-198) against the underdog Astros (+164). Texas’ Tyler Mahle and Houston’s Ronel Blanco will start this matchup.

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Rangers vs. Astros betting lines

• Favorite: Rangers (-198)
• Underdog: Astros (+164)
• Over/under: 8

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have won 69.6% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (16-7).
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -198 or shorter, Texas has a record of 4-1 (80%).
• The Rangers have an implied moneyline win probability of 66.4% in this matchup.
• Texas has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 46 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 15 of those games (15-30-1).
• The Rangers have a 26-20-0 record ATS this season (covering 56.5% of the time).

Rangers hitting info

• Wyatt Langford has a team-best eight homers.
• Among all hitters in MLB play, Langford’s home run total ranks 35th and his RBI tally ranks 108th.
• Josh Jung is batting .291 with six doubles, a triple, seven home runs and seven walks.
• Jung ranks 52nd in home runs and 108th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Josh Smith leads the Rangers with a team-high batting average of .313.
• Adolis Garcia has put up 24 runs batted in to lead his team.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rangers pitching staff ranks 17th in MLB.
• Texas has the fifth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.27).
• Pitchers for the Rangers combine for the No. 2-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.141).
• The Rangers give up the third-fewest home runs in baseball (37 total, 0.8 per game).
• Texas its 6-3 loss the last time out, the team struck out six Astros batters while allowing nine hits.

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have won six, or 46.2%, of the 13 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Houston has not entered a game this season with longer moneyline odds than +164.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 37.9% chance of a victory for the Astros.
• So far this season, Houston and its opponents have hit the over in 19 of its 44 games with a total.
• The Astros have an ATS record of 24-20-0 in 44 games with a spread this season.

Astros hitting info

• Jeremy Pena leads Houston in batting average (.306), home runs (six) and runs batted in (23) this season.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Pena is 70th in homers and 61st in RBI.
• Isaac Paredes leads Houston in home runs with six while driving in 21 runs and slugging .424.
• Among all major league hitters, Paredes ranks 70th in homers and 76th in RBI.
• Jake Meyers has 37 hits this season and a slash line of .294/.357/.405.
• Jose Altuve is batting .244 with an OBP of .293 and a slugging percentage of .351 this season.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros average 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, second-most in the big leagues.
• Houston has the sixth-best ERA (3.36) in the majors this season.
• No team allows fewer walks and hits than the Astros, who lead MLB with a 1.121 WHIP.
• The Astros have allowed the sixth-fewest home runs this season at just 39, or 0.9 per game.
• Houston earned a 6-3 win in its most recent game, striking out seven Rangers batters while allowing five hits.