Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros Odds

Power Ranking

Texas 11

Houston 19

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TEX
5.91
4.13
0.00
9.66
3.44
7.80
2.85

Offense
Defense
Team ERA
Offensive Hits
Offensive Walks
Defensive Hits
Defensive Walks

HOU
4.64
4.08
0.00
8.45
3.18
8.11
3.11

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Texas Rangers at Houston Astros

The Houston Astros get a visit from the Texas Rangers in MLB baseball betting action on Friday, with the home side looking to send the visitors to the showers with a loss.

Houston hands the ball to starter Brett Oberholtzer in this one and he'll try to improve on his 4-9 mark on the year.

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Team Record

Texas Rangers

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	52-81	5-5	21-32	45-71	7-10
Home	24-40	2-2	8-17	20-37	4-3
Away	28-41	3-3	13-15	25-34	3-7
Fave	25-24	0-0	8-12	20-21	5-3
Dog	25-57	5-5	11-20	23-50	2-7
O/U	58-65-10	2-6-2	22-28-3	48-58-10	10-7
vs LHP	15-24	3-1	8-11	14-21	1-3
vs RHP	37-57	2-4	13-21	31-50	6-7

Team Record

Houston Astros

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	57-78	5-5	24-32	53-65	4-13
Home	31-38	2-2	14-16	28-31	3-7
Away	26-40	3-3	10-16	25-34	1-6
Fave	7-7	1-0	2-2	6-4	1-3
Dog	48-70	4-5	22-30	46-60	2-10
O/U	63-67-5	2-7-1	31-21-4	57-56-5	6-11
vs LHP	16-23	1-1	5-10	14-19	2-4
vs RHP	41-55	4-4	19-22	39-46	2-9

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Texas Rangers

Scott Baker (3-3) ERA: 5.23

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Aug 24, 2014	KC	W	3-1	U	5	141
Jul 13, 2014	LAA	L	7-10	O	4	-100
Jul 3, 2014	BAL	L	2-5	U	4.2	-100

Houston Astros

Brett Oberholtzer (4-10) ERA: 4.39

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Aug 24, 2014	CLE	L	1-3	U	6.2	-100
Aug 19, 2014	NYY	W	7-4	O	5.1	155
Aug 13, 2014	MIN	L	1-3	U	7	-100

Pitcher Recent Starts vs Opponent

Texas Rangers

Scott Baker (3-3) ERA: 5.23

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Jun 20, 2009	6-5	HOU	6.1	6	3	3	1	6	No Decision

Houston Astros

Brett Oberholtzer (4-10) ERA: 4.39

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Aug 8, 2014	4-3	HOU	7	6	2	2	1	4	No Decision
Apr 13, 2014	1-0	TEX	7	5	1	1	0	7	Loss
Aug 12, 2013	2-1	TEX	6.2	7	2	2	2	6	Loss

Head to Head Detail

Search MLB Database	Teams	Runs Scored	Line	Total	O/U	Pitcher
Aug 28, 2014	TEX	2	-132	8	Under	Nick Tepesch (R)
Aug 28, 2014	HOU	4	-132	8	Under	Collin McHugh (R)
Aug 10, 2014	TEX	6	-143	8.5	Under	Nick Martinez (R)
Aug 10, 2014	HOU	2	-143	8.5	Under	Dallas Keuchel (L)
Aug 9, 2014	TEX	3	168	7.5	Over	Yu Darvish (R)
Aug 9, 2014	HOU	8	168	7.5	Over	Scott Feldman (R)
Aug 8, 2014	TEX	3	-114	8.5	Under	Miles Mikolas (R)
Aug 8, 2014	HOU	4	-114	8.5	Under	Brett Oberholtzer (L)
Jul 9, 2014	HOU	8	-215	7.5	Over	Dallas Keuchel (L)
Jul 9, 2014	TEX	4	-215	7.5	Over	Yu Darvish (R)
Jul 8, 2014	HOU	8	-146	9.5	Over	Brad Peacock (R)
Jul 8, 2014	TEX	3	-146	9.5	Over	Phil Irwin (R)
Jul 7, 2014	HOU	12	-148	9.5	Over	Jarred Cosart (R)
Jul 7, 2014	TEX	7	-148	9.5	Over	Miles Mikolas (R)
May 14, 2014	TEX	4	107	8.5	Over	Nick Tepesch (R)
May 14, 2014	HOU	5	107	8.5	Over	Scott Feldman (R)
May 13, 2014	TEX	0	101	8	Push	Matt Harrison (L)
May 13, 2014	HOU	8	101	8	Push	Dallas Keuchel (L)
May 12, 2014	TEX	4	118	9	Under	Colby Lewis (R)
May 12, 2014	HOU	0	118	9	Under	Brad Peacock (R)

Betting Odds Trends

Texas Rangers

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games
Texas is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 7 games on the road
Texas is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games when playing Houston
Texas is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Houston
Texas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Texas's last 9 games when playing on the road against Houston

Betting Odds Trends

Houston Astros

Houston is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Houston's last 9 games
Houston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Texas
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Texas
Houston is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Houston's last 9 games when playing at home against Texas

Injuries

Texas Rangers

Max Scherzer SP 15-day IL (03/25), Back
Tyler Mahle SP 60-day IL (03/28), Elbow
Jonathan Hernandez RP 15-day IL (03/25), Side
Brock Burke SP 15-day IL (04/13), Hand
Josh Sborz RP 15-day IL (04/07), Shoulder
Nate Lowe 1B 10-day IL (03/25), Oblique
Josh Jung 3B 60-day IL (04/02), Wrist
Cody Bradford SP 15-day IL (04/14), Back
Justin Foscue 2B 10-day IL (04/08), Oblique

Injuries

Houston Astros

Justin Verlander SP 15-day IL (03/28), Shoulder
Kendall Graveman SP 60-day IL (03/27), Shoulder
Lance McCullers Jr. SP 60-day IL (03/28), Elbow
Framber Valdez RP 15-day IL (04/09), Elbow
Jose Urquidy SP 15-day IL (03/28), Forearm
Oliver Ortega RP 60-day IL (03/28), Elbow
Shawn Dubin SP 15-day IL (03/28), Forearm
Bennett Sousa RP 15-day IL (03/28); is out for season, Shoulder
Penn Murfee RP 60-day IL (04/04), Elbow

Last 5 Games

Texas Rangers

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Aug 28, 2014	HOU	2-4	L	+122	8	Nick Tepesch	4.1	A	Collin McHugh
Aug 27, 2014	SEA	12-4	W	+154	7.5	Colby Lewis	9	A	Erasmo Ramirez
Aug 26, 2014	SEA	0-5	L	+187	7.5	Nick Martinez	5	A	James Paxton
Aug 25, 2014	SEA	2-0	W	+162	7.5	Miles Mikolas	8	A	Roenis Elias
Aug 24, 2014	KC	3-1	W	+141	9	Scott Baker	5	H	Jason Vargas

Houston Astros

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Aug 28, 2014	TEX	4-2	W	-132	8	Collin McHugh	7	H	Nick Tepesch
Aug 27, 2014	OAK	4-5	L	+160	9	Brad Peacock	5.1	H	Drew Pomeranz
Aug 26, 2014	OAK	4-2	W	+110	8	Dallas Keuchel	7	H	Jason Hammel
Aug 25, 2014	OAK	2-8	L	+157	8.5	Scott Feldman	7	H	Jeff Samardzija
Aug 24, 2014	CLE	1-3	L	+132	7.5	Brett Oberholtzer	6.2	A	Trevor Bauer

Stats Comparison

Texas Rangers

Houston Astros

Runs Scored

5.91 4.64

Runs Allowed

4.13 4.08

Team ERA

0.00 0.00

Runs Scored Road vs. Home

5.50 4.27

Runs Allowed Road vs. Home

3.80 4.24

Starter ERA

5.23 4.39

Stats Comparison

Texas Rangers

Houston Astros

Offensive Hits

9.66 8.45

Hits Allowed

7.80 8.11

Bullpen Innings Pitched Last 3

6.2 7.2

Offensive Walks

3.44 3.18

Defensive Walks

2.85 3.11

Wins Last 10 Games

5 5

Supergrid

	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	5.91	1	4.08	4
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	5.50	3	4.24	12
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	4.64	11	4.13	7
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.27	19	3.80	3