Houston Astros and Texas Rangers play in game 2 of series

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Texas Rangers (21-23, third in the AL West) vs. Houston Astros (18-28, fourth in the AL West)

Houston; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Jacob deGrom (3-2, 2.62 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 57 strikeouts); Astros: Kai-Wei Teng (1-3, 3.12 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 23 strikeouts)

LINE: Rangers -114, Astros -105; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros bring a 1-0 advantage into the next game of the series against the Texas Rangers.

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.

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.

The matchup Saturday is the second meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with 14 home runs while slugging .637. Braden Shewmake is 13 for 31 with two home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.

Josh Jung has 13 doubles, five home runs and 20 RBIs for the Rangers. Ezequiel Duran is 11 for 37 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs and eight RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 4-6, .203 batting average, 4.35 ERA, outscored by 18 runs

Rangers: 5-5, .212 batting average, 3.41 ERA, outscored by one run

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

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

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.