Texas Rangers and Houston Astros meet in game 2 of series

Houston Astros (46-50, third in the AL West) vs. Texas Rangers (48-46, first in the AL West)

Arlington, Texas; Saturday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Peter Lambert (7-5, 3.26 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 74 strikeouts); Rangers: Kumar Rocker (2-7, 3.95 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 74 strikeouts)

LINE: Astros -139, Rangers +114; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

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

Texas is 48-46 overall and 23-21 at home. The Rangers have gone 35-4 in games when they scored five or more runs.

Houston has a 46-50 record overall and a 23-26 record in road games. The Astros are 20-5 in games when they did not give up a home run.

The teams play Saturday for the ninth time this season. The Astros lead the season series 5-3.

TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Jung leads the Rangers with a .297 batting average, and has 23 doubles, nine home runs, 30 walks and 34 RBIs. Ezequiel Duran is 10 for 39 with two home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.

Yordan Alvarez has a .312 batting average to lead the Astros, and has 16 doubles and 30 home runs. Yainer Diaz is 9 for 38 with three home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 6-4, .252 batting average, 4.96 ERA, outscored by two runs

Astros: 4-6, .234 batting average, 5.38 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

INJURIES: Rangers: Jacob deGrom: day-to-day (glute), Jalen Beeks: 10-Day IL (back), Jack Leiter: 15-Day IL (ankle), Robert Garcia: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jakob Junis: 15-Day IL (hip), Jordan Montgomery: 60-Day IL (elbow), Carter Baumler: 60-Day IL (ribs), Danny Jansen: 10-Day IL (forearm), Cody Freeman: 10-Day IL (disc), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Corey Seager: 10-Day IL (back), Michael Helman: 60-Day IL (hand)

Astros: Lance McCullers: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Bennett Sousa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kai-Wei Teng: 15-Day IL (knee), Carlos Correa: 60-Day IL (ankle), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ronel Blanco: 60-Day IL (elbow), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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