{"id":646430,"date":"2026-05-16T09:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/646430\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T09:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:18:09","slug":"houston-astros-and-texas-rangers-play-in-game-2-of-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/646430\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Astros and Texas Rangers play in game 2 of series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Rangers<\/a> (21-23, third in the AL West) vs. Houston Astros<\/a> (18-28, fourth in the AL West)<\/p>\n

Houston; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Jacob deGrom<\/a> (3-2, 2.62 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 57 strikeouts); Astros: Kai-Wei Teng<\/a> (1-3, 3.12 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 23 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Rangers -114, Astros -105; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros bring a 1-0 advantage into the next game of the series against the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n

Houston has an 11-13 record at home and an 18-28 record overall. Astros hitters have a collective .329 on-base percentage, the third-ranked percentage in the AL.<\/p>\n

Texas has a 10-13 record in road games and a 21-23 record overall. The Rangers have a 15-2 record in games when they scored at least five runs.<\/p>\n

The matchup Saturday is the second meeting between these teams this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez<\/a> leads the Astros with 14 home runs while slugging .637. Braden Shewmake<\/a> is 13 for 31 with two home runs and six RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

Josh Jung<\/a> has 13 doubles, five home runs and 20 RBI for the Rangers. Ezequiel Duran<\/a> is 11 for 37 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs and eight RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 4-6, .203 batting average, 4.35 ERA, outscored by 18 runs<\/p>\n

Rangers: 5-5, .212 batting average, 3.41 ERA, outscored by one run<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Astros: Jeremy Pena<\/a>: 10-Day IL (knee), Joey Loperfido<\/a>: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Hunter Brown<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Correa<\/a>: 10-Day IL (ankle), Yainer Diaz<\/a>: 10-Day IL (abdominal), Jake Meyers<\/a>: 10-Day IL (oblique), Nate Pearson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Taylor Trammell<\/a>: 10-Day IL (groin), Cristian Javier<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brandon Walter<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ronel Blanco<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Josh Hader<\/a>: 60-Day IL (biceps), Hayden Wesneski<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

Rangers: Wyatt Langford<\/a>: 10-Day IL (forearm), Carter Baumler: 15-Day IL (ribs), Nathan Eovaldi<\/a>: day-to-day (side), Robert Garcia: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Smith<\/a>: 10-Day IL (glute), Cody Freeman<\/a>: 10-Day IL (back ), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luis Curvelo: 15-Day IL (biceps), Jordan Montgomery<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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