Houston Astros vs Texas Rangers Prediction, Pick and Preview, April 25 (4/25): MLB

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Odds

Time	8:05 p.m. EST
Astros money line	-140
Astros run line	-1.5 (+120)
Rangers money line	+117
Rangers run line	+1.5 (-140)
Over / under	8

 

Key stats

	Houston Astros	Texas Rangers
Record	7-8	5-10
Road / home record	5-4	1-5
Last 10 record	3-7	4-6
Streak	W1	L1
Over / under record	6-9	8-5-2
Runs / game	3.29	5.07
Runs allowed / game	3.93	5.43

 

Preview

The Houston Astros will visit the Texas Rangers to play a 4-game series at the Globe Life Field. The Astros lost their last series against the Blue Jays while the Rangers beat the Oakland A's 2 of 3 times.

Houston Astros

The Astros get here with a 7-8 record and have lost 4 of their last 5 games. They finally got some runs in their last game but they're still averaging .209 at bat scoring 3.29 runs per game and allowing 3.93 runs. Alex Bregman has 3 home runs 12 RBI and batting for an average of .294. 

Verlander didn't factor into the decision in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Blue Jays, giving up three runs on four hits and a walk over six innings while striking out five.

Probable Pitcher: 

Framber Valdez (1-1, 4.50 ERA) will take the mound in the 1st game of the series for the Astros. Valdez took the loss after allowing six runs on eight hits and four walks with three strikeouts in 4.1 innings in Tuesday's 7-2 loss against the Angels. In his last 3 starts against the Rangers he has a 1.41 ERA and 22 strikeouts.

Texas Rangers

The Rangers get here with a 5-10 record but they have won 3 of their last 4 games. The team is averaging 5.07 runs per game with a .228 at bat while allowing 5.4 runs. Nathaniel Lowe is batting for .373. Jonah Heim has 2 home runs and 9 RBI.

Brock Burke has 2 wins with a 2.35 ERA and 14 strikeouts.

Probable Pitcher:

Dane Dunning (0-1, 5.68 ERA) will be on the mound for the Rangers in the 1st game of the series. Dunning suffered the loss against Seattle on Wednesday, allowing three runs on six hits and three walks over four innings. He struck out three. In his last start against the Astros he allowed 4 runs in 4 innings pitched.

BETTING TRENDS

Houston are 10-2 SU in their last 12 games against Texas.

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston's last 7 games on the road.

Texas are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games at home.

Texas are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against Houston.

Prediction

The Astros were struggling to score but in their last game theyh were able to score 8 runs and beat the Blue Jays in extra innings. Famber Valdez had a bad last game allowing 6 runs in 4 innings but he's been good against the Rangers. Texas have lost 5 of their 6 games at home so far this season. I'm backing the Astros on this one.

PICK: Astros ML (-140)

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