The Houston Astros will play the Texas Rangers in Game 2 of their series at Globe Life Field on Wednesday afternoon.
The Houston Astros are 83-47 this season and have won six of their last eight games. Houston won Game 1 of this series by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday night. The Houston pitching staff has a 3.03 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, and a .215 opponent batting average this season. The Astros offense has scored 588 runs with a .245 batting average and a .318 on base percentage. Alex Bregman is batting .267 with 20 home runs and 77 RBI’s for the Astros this season. The projected starter for Houston is Christian Javier, who is 7-9 with a 2.97 ERA and a 1.01 WHIP over 115.1 innings pitched this season.
The Texas Rangers are 58-70 this season and have lost three games in a row. Prior to losing Game 1 of this series, Texas lost two out of three games in their series against Detroit. The Texas pitching staff has a 4.09 ERA, a 1.31 WHIP, and a .242 opponent batting average. The Rangers offense has scored 581 runs with a .244 batting average and a .307 on base percentage this year. Corey Seager is batting .255 with 28 home runs and 67 RBI’s for the Rangers this season. The projected starter for Texas is Martin Perez, who is 10-4 with a 2.69 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP over 154 innings pitched this season.
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