The Texas Rangers will play the Houston Astros in Game 1 of their series at Minute Maid Park on Monday night.
The Texas Rangers are 58-75 this season and have lost eight games in a row. Texas is coming off of a series loss to Boston, where they lost all four games played in the series. The Texas pitching staff has a 4.18 ERA, a 1.34 WHIP, and a .245 opponent batting average this season. The Rangers offense has scored 598 runs with a .243 batting average and a .306 on base percentage. Corey Seager is batting .252 with 29 home runs and 72 RBI’s for the Rangers this season. The projected starter for Texas is Martin Perez, who is 10-5 with a 2.89 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP over 159 innings pitched this season.
The Houston Astros are 86-48 this season and have won five of their last six games. Houston is coming off of a series win against the Angels, where they won two out of the three games played. The Houston pitching staff has a 2.98 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, and a .213 opponent batting average. The Astros offense ha scored 607 runs with a .245 batting average and a .318 on base percentage this year. Yordan Alvarez is batting .294 with 31 home runs and 82 RBI’s for the Astros this season. The projected starter for Houston is Hunter Brown, who will be making his first appearance for the Astros this season.
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