Astros take 3-game win streak into game against the Rangers

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Houston Astros (23-31, fourth in the AL West) vs. Texas Rangers (24-28, third in the AL West)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Tatsuya Imai (1-2, 8.31 ERA, 1.79 WHIP, 21 strikeouts); Rangers: Kumar Rocker (2-4, 3.60 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 37 strikeouts)

LINE: Rangers -133, Astros +111; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros are looking to keep a three-game win streak alive when they play the Texas Rangers.

Texas has a 24-28 record overall and an 11-10 record in home games. Rangers pitchers have a collective 3.63 ERA, which ranks fourth in the AL.

Houston is 11-17 in road games and 23-31 overall. The Astros have the fifth-best team slugging percentage in MLB play at .406.

The teams meet Monday for the fourth time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Jung has 14 doubles and five home runs while hitting .302 for the Rangers. Jake Burger is 12 for 36 with three doubles and four home runs over the past 10 games.

Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with a .300 batting average, and has 11 doubles, 15 home runs, 34 walks and 31 RBIs. Brice Matthews is 8 for 37 with an RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 4-6, .243 batting average, 3.74 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs

Astros: 6-4, .194 batting average, 3.58 ERA, outscored by five runs

INJURIES: Rangers: Cole Winn: 15-Day IL (arm fatigue), Josh Jung: day-to-day (shoulder), Robert Garcia: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Carter Baumler: 60-Day IL (ribs), Cody Freeman: 10-Day IL (back ), Wyatt Langford: 10-Day IL (forearm), Josh Smith: 10-Day IL (glute), MacKenzie Gore: day-to-day (lat), Corey Seager: 10-Day IL (back), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Montgomery: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Astros: Yordan Alvarez: day-to-day (back), Jose Altuve: 10-Day IL (side), Hunter Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Yainer Diaz: 10-Day IL (abdominal), Taylor Trammell: 10-Day IL (groin), Lance McCullers: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Joey Loperfido: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Correa: 10-Day IL (ankle), 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)

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