Texas Rangers at Houston Astros Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 50-42 Houston Astros play host to the 42-47 Texas Rangers tonight in MLB action on the grass of Minute Maid Park, July 18, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM ET.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Rangers +135/Astros -145
O/U Total: 7.5

Pitching Matchup
Colby Lewis (R) W/L 8-4 WHIP 1.26 ERA 4.77
Scott Feldman (R) W/L 4-4 WHIP 1.37 ERA 4.80

Houston ended a 6-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over Texas on Friday. The Astros are 2-8 in their past 10 games but 29-16 at home in 2015. The Rangers are 0-1 on their road trip and 1-8 in their past 9 games.

Texas leads the season series 4-3 and has a 7-3 edge in the last 10 matchups between these AL West foes.

Lewis received a no decision in his last start, a 6-5 loss to San Diego. He pitched 7 innings and allowed 3 runs for his 7th Q start in his last 8 outings. He has 11 Q starts on the season.

This will be Feldman’s first start since May 26th as he has recovered from a knee injury. He has 7 Q starts in his 10 starts on the year.

Rangers 1B Prince Fielder is 4-13 (.308) against Feldman with a HR and 7 RBIs while SS Elvis Andrus is 9-24 (.375) with 2 RBIs and a steal. 3B Adrian Beltre is only 7-33 (.212) against the right-hander but has a HR and 6 RBIs.

Astros OF Jake Marisnick is 2-5 (.400) vs. Lewis with a HR and 2 RBIs while OF Colby Rasmus is 5-12 (.417) with a HR and a pair of RBIs. 2B Jose Altuve is 5-17 (.294) against the veteran right-hander and C Hank Conger is 5-18 (.278) with an RBI.

Texas at Houston Betting Trends

The Rangers are 1-8 straight up in their last 9 games.
Texas is 7-3 straight up in their last 10 games against Houston.
The game total has gone under in 10 of Texas’s last 12 games against Houston.
The Astros are 1-6 straight up in their last 7 games.
Houston is 8-15 straight up in their last 23 homes games against Texas.

Injury Report

TEXAS RANGERS
Kyle Blanks 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Lisalverto Bonilla 60-Day Disabled List
Carlos Corporan C 15-Day Disabled List
Yu Darvish P 60-Day Disabled List
Derek Holland P 60-Day Disabled List
Ross Ohlendorf P 15-Day Disabled List
Jurickson Profar 60-Day Disabled List
Antoan Richardson 60-Day Disabled List
Nick Tepesch P 60-Day Disabled List

HOUSTON ASTROS
Samuel Deduno P 15-Day Disabled List
Scott Feldman P 15-Day Disabled List
Jed Lowrie SS 60-Day Disabled List
Brad Peacock P 60-Day Disabled List
George Springer OF 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Betting (ATS)
Texas: 38%
Houston: 62%

Free MLB Pick

Colby Lewis’s last three starts stat line looks horrible with a WHIP of 1.59 and an ERA of 8.47, but the numbers are skewed by a two back start where he was lit up for 10 runs in four innings. Excluding that start he has pitched well with seven Q starts in his last eight outings. He has reasonable numbers against the Astros’ current roster holding them to a good .237 batting average. Houston starter Scott Feldman has been good for the most part in recent starts with six Q starts in his last eight games, but he’ll be making his first start since May when he went on the with a knee injury. The Astros have managed 1.43 runs per game over their last seven and have a pitcher making his first start off of the DL who allowed six runs in three innings earlier this season to Texas on this very same field.

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