The Houston Astros (55-38) take a three-game losing streak into a home matchup against the Texas Rangers (45-48) on Friday at 8:10 p.m. ET. The Astros are favored (-135) to stop the streak against the underdog Rangers (+113). Lance McCullers starts for Houston while Texas will counter with Jack Leiter.

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Astros vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Astros (-135)
• Underdog: Rangers (+113)
• Over/under: 8

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have a 38-27 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58.5% of those games).
• Houston has gone 23-12 (winning 65.7% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -135 or shorter.
• The Astros have an implied moneyline win probability of 57.4% in this game.
• Houston has played in 93 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 39 times (39-51-3).
• The Astros have covered 50.5% of their games this season, going 47-46-0 ATS.

Astros hitting info

• Isaac Paredes paces the Astros with 19 home runs.
• Among all hitters in baseball, Paredes’ home run total ranks 17th and his RBI tally ranks 52nd.
• Jose Altuve’s 51 runs batted in lead his team.
• Altuve ranks 36th in home runs among batters in MLB action and 44th in RBI.
• Altuve heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .316 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, a walk and seven RBIs.
• Jake Meyers is hitting .308 with 15 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 27 walks.
• Yainer Diaz is hitting .243 with 11 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 14 walks.

Astros pitching rankings

• The 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Astros pitching staff paces MLB.
• Houston’s 3.58 team ERA ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Astros pitchers combine for the No. 1 WHIP in MLB (1.163).
• Astros pitchers combine to give up 103 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (16th-fewest in the majors).
• Houston its 4-2 loss the last time out, the team struck out seven Guardians batters while allowing six hits.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• This season, the Rangers have been the underdog 46 times and won 15, or 32.6%, of those games.
• Texas has a record of 3-16, a 15.8% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +113 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 46.9% chance of a victory for the Rangers.
• Games involving Texas have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 35 of 93 chances this season.
• The Rangers have an ATS record of 48-45-0 in 93 games with a spread this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Marcus Semien is batting .231 with 10 home runs and 47 RBI for Texas this season.
• Semien’s home run total ranks 115th in the big leagues, and he is 58th in RBI.
• Josh Smith’s batting average of .290 leads all Texas hitters this season.
• Smith ranks 145th in home runs and 208th in RBI among all major league batters this year.
• Smith heads into this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .389 with four doubles, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Corey Seager is slashing .260/.363/.476 this season for the Rangers.
• Seager has hit safely in four games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .368 with two doubles, two home runs, three walks and four RBIs.
• Wyatt Langford’s 14 home runs are most among Texas batters. He’s driven in 35 runs this season while slugging .430.
• Langford brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .278 with a double, a home run, three walks and four RBIs.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.0) in the majors this season.
• Texas has an ERA of 3.31 as a team, best in baseball.
• The Rangers have a combined WHIP of just 1.172 as a pitching staff, which is the second-best in baseball this season.
• The Rangers have given up the second-fewest long balls so far this season with only 82 home runs allowed.
• Texas pitchers struck out two Angels hitters while allowing 12 base hits in an 11-8 loss its last time out.