Texas Rangers host the Houston Astros Wednesday

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Houston Astros (24-32, fourth in the AL West) vs. Texas Rangers (25-29, third in the AL West)

Arlington, Texas; Wednesday, 8:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Mike Burrows (2-6, 5.75 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 48 strikeouts); Rangers: Jacob deGrom (3-4, 3.86 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 64 strikeouts)

LINE: Rangers -166, Astros +139; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers take on the Houston Astros on Wednesday.

Texas is 25-29 overall and 12-11 at home. The Rangers have an 18-10 record in games when they record at least eight hits.

Houston has a 24-32 record overall and a 12-18 record in road games. The Astros have a 13-3 record in games when they did not give up a home run.

Wednesday's game is the sixth time these teams match up this season. The Astros are up 3-2 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Jung has a .303 batting average to lead the Rangers, and has 14 doubles and five home runs. Ezequiel Duran is 12 for 39 with a home run and 11 RBIs over the past 10 games.

Yordan Alvarez has a .303 batting average to lead the Astros, and has 11 doubles and 18 home runs. Christian Walker is 9 for 38 with five home runs and 11 RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 4-6, .246 batting average, 4.44 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs

Astros: 6-4, .213 batting average, 3.83 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs

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

Astros: Josh Hader: 60-Day IL (biceps), Yainer Diaz: 10-Day IL (abdominal), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jose Altuve: 10-Day IL (side), Hunter Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Lance McCullers: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Joey Loperfido: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Carlos Correa: 10-Day IL (ankle), Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL (shoulder), 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.