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You can bet the Rangers-Astros series Friday through Sunday with Game One featuring odds of Texas +150, Houston -182 and a total of 8.5.
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Texas has won nine of the last ten in this series and six of their last ten games overall. They are just 5-12 in their last 17 road games however.
Houston has won just two of their last ten games overall.
FRIDAY’S PITCHING MATCHUP: Rangers LH Martin Perez (7-7, 4.22 ERA) vs. Astros LH Dallas Keuchel (6-11, 4.86)
Texas is 10-3 in Perez’s last 13 starts. He is 5-2 with a 1.88 ERA in seven career matchups against the Astros.
While Perez pitched well his last outing, he had allowed five or more runs in four previous starts.
Keuchel is 4-7 with a 4.58 ERA in 17 career starts against the Rangers and has been struggling of late.
On Sunday, Yu Darvish has not had a win in weeks but does sport a sparkling 26:2 K:BB over his last three starts, as noted by ESPN.com. The Japanese pitcher also continues to go deeper and deeper into games in his return from Tommy John surgery, with this outing marking the first time he has pitched into the seventh inning this season. He's bound to start getting in the win column soon enough pitching for a competitive Rangers team.
Joe Musgrove has not allowed a run in 14 innings pitched for Houston though.
- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com
