The Texas Rangers (72-69) and the Houston Astros (77-64) meet on Saturday at Globe Life Field, starting at 7:15 p.m. ET. The Rangers are favored on the moneyline (-125), while the Astros are +105 underdogs, even though they are favored against the spread (1.5) with +161 odds. Texas sends Jacob deGrom (11-6) out for his 27th start this season, while Hunter Brown (10-7) makes his 28th start this year for Houston.

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Rangers vs. Astros betting lines

• Favorite: Rangers (-125)
• Underdog: Astros (+105)
• Over/under: 8

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have won 46 of the 71 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (64.8%).
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -125 or shorter, Texas has a record of 37-18 (67.3%).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Rangers’ implied win probability is 55.6%.
• Texas has played in 141 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 62 times (62-77-2).
• The Rangers have a 76-65-0 record ATS this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Wyatt Langford has put up a team-best 21 home runs.
• Among hitters in MLB play, Langford ranks 57th in home runs and 101st in RBI.
• Josh Smith has 22 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 47 walks while batting .256.
• Among all MLB hitters, Smith ranks 206th in homers and 232nd in RBI.
• Smith brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .278 with a double, four walks and an RBI.
• Josh Jung has 16 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 23 walks while hitting .256.
• Kyle Higashioka is hitting .250 with 12 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 16 walks.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rangers pitching staff ranks 16th in the majors.
• Texas’ 3.45 team ERA ranks first across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Rangers have the first-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.172).
• The Rangers allow the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (149 total, 1.1 per game).
• Texas lost to the Diamondbacks 2-0 in its last game with 10 strikeouts while allowing three hits.

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have won 27, or 57.4%, of the 47 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Houston is 18-15 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +105 or more on the moneyline.
• The Astros have a 48.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• So far this season, Houston and its opponents have hit the over in 64 of its 141 games with a total.
• The Astros have an ATS record of 70-71-0 in 141 games with a spread this season.

Astros hitting info

• Jose Altuve leads Houston in home runs this season with 24 while driving in 69 runs.
• In all of MLB, Altuve is 40th in home runs and 63rd in RBI.
• Jeremy Pena is batting .305 to lead Houston, while adding 15 homers and 53 runs batted in this season.
• Pena ranks 118th in home runs and 129th in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
• Pena has safely hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .263 with two doubles, a home run, four walks and three RBIs.
• Yainer Diaz has collected 118 base hits, an OBP of .283 and a slugging percentage of .411 this season.
• Christian Walker leads Houston in runs batted in with 74 while batting .233 with 21 homers.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros have a 9.6 K/9 this season as a staff, which is best in baseball.
• Houston has the 11th-ranked ERA (3.90) in the majors this season.
• The Astros have a combined 1.226 WHIP as a pitching staff, sixth-lowest in MLB.
• The Astros have allowed the 22nd-fewest home runs this season with 173, or 1.2 per game.
• Houston pitchers struck out eight Yankees hitters while allowing nine base hits in an 8-4 loss its last time out.