How to Watch Astros vs. Rangers: TV Channel & Live Stream - September 5

Updated Sep. 5, 2025 3:22 p.m. ET

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Jeremy Pena and the Houston Astros take the field against Joc Pederson and the Texas Rangers on Friday at 8:05 p.m. ET, in the first of a three-game series at Globe Life Field.

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Astros vs. Rangers Game Information & How to Watch

Date	Favorite	Spread	Total	Favorite Moneyline	Underdog Moneyline	Result
7/13/2025	Astros	-1.5	7	-137	+115	5-1 TEX
7/12/2025	Astros	-1.5	6.5	-118	-102	5-4 HOU
7/11/2025	Astros	-1.5	8	-124	+104	7-3 TEX
5/18/2025	Astros	-1.5	8	-114	-105	4-3 HOU
5/17/2025	Rangers	-1.5	8	-119	-101	5-1 TEX
5/16/2025	Rangers	-1.5	8	-198	+164	6-3 HOU
5/15/2025	Rangers	-1.5	7	-133	+113	1-0 TEX
8/7/2024	Astros	-1.5	9	-129	+110	6-4 HOU
8/6/2024	Astros	-1.5	8.5	-130	+110	4-2 HOU
8/5/2024	Rangers	-1.5	8.5	-114	-107	4-3 TEX

Jose Altuve leads the Astros with 24 big flies on the year. He's also hitting .269 with 69 RBI.
Among all hitters in baseball, Altuve is 40th in homers and 62nd in RBI.
Pena has a club-high .305 batting average.
Pena ranks 116th in homers and 128th in RBI on the season.
Pena enters this matchup looking for his third game in a row with a hit. During his last five outings he is batting .263 with two doubles, a home run, four walks and three RBIs.
Yainer Diaz is batting .251 with 19 doubles, a triple, 18 home runs and 20 walks.
Christian Walker has capitalized on opportunities as he leads his team with 74 RBI.

Date	Opponent	Score	Pitching Matchup
Aug. 31	Angels	L 3-0	Hunter Brown vs Jose Soriano
Sept. 1	Angels	W 8-3	Luis Garcia vs Yusei Kikuchi
Sept. 2	Yankees	L 7-1	Framber Valdez vs Max Fried
Sept. 3	Yankees	W 8-7	Jason Alexander vs Will Warren
Sept. 4	Yankees	L 8-4	Cristian Javier vs Carlos Rodon
Sept. 5	@ Rangers	-	TBA vs Merrill Kelly
Sept. 6	@ Rangers	-	Hunter Brown vs Jacob deGrom
Sept. 7	@ Rangers	-	Luis Garcia vs Patrick Corbin
Sept. 9	@ Blue Jays	-	Framber Valdez vs Jose Berrios
Sept. 10	@ Blue Jays	-	Jason Alexander vs Shane Bieber
Sept. 11	@ Blue Jays	-	Cristian Javier vs Kevin Gausman

Wyatt Langford leads the Rangers with 21 long balls.
In all of the majors, Langford ranks 56th in homers and 100th in RBI.
Josh Smith is batting .256 with 22 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 47 walks.
Smith ranks 205th in home runs and 232nd in RBI among all batters in MLB.
Adolis Garcia has collected a team-best 73 runs batted in.
Josh Jung is batting .256 with 16 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 23 walks.

Date	Opponent	Score	Pitching Matchup
Aug. 30	@ Athletics	W 9-3	Merrill Kelly vs Mason Barnett
Aug. 31	@ Athletics	W 9-6	Jacob deGrom vs J.T. Ginn
Sept. 1	@ Diamondbacks	W 7-5	Patrick Corbin vs Ryne Nelson
Sept. 2	@ Diamondbacks	L 5-3	Jake Latz vs Nabil Crismatt
Sept. 3	@ Diamondbacks	L 2-0	Jack Leiter vs Zac Gallen
Sept. 5	Astros	-	Merrill Kelly vs TBA
Sept. 6	Astros	-	Jacob deGrom vs Hunter Brown
Sept. 7	Astros	-	Patrick Corbin vs Luis Garcia
Sept. 8	Brewers	-	TBA vs Jose Quintana
Sept. 9	Brewers	-	Jack Leiter vs Freddy Peralta
Sept. 10	Brewers	-	Merrill Kelly vs Quinn Priester