The Astros and Rangers meet and end up tied 1-1

Texas Rangers (45-50, third in the AL West) vs. Houston Astros (50-45, second in the AL West)

Houston; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT

Pitching Probables: Rangers: Max Scherzer (1-2, 3.09 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 17 strikeouts); Astros: Ronel Blanco (9-3, 2.53 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 95 strikeouts)

: LINE Astros -131, Rangers +110; over/under is 8 points

IN BRIEF: The Houston Astros and Texas Rangers are both looking for a series win on Sunday.

Houston is 50-45 overall and 28-20 at home. The Astros are 7-17 in games decided by one run.

Texas is 21-29 on the road and 45-50 overall. The Rangers are 19-44 in games where they have given up a home run.

Sunday’s game marks the 10th meeting between the two teams this season. The Astros hold a 5-4 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez had 21 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 52 RBIs for the Astros. Alex Bregman had 13 hits in 40 at-bats with a double, three home runs and 10 RBIs over the last 10 games.

Marcus Semien had 17 doubles, a triple, 13 homers and 51 RBIs for the Rangers. Corey Seager had 14 hits in 39 at-bats with five doubles, three homers and 11 RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 7-3, .261 batting average, 4.04 ERA, have outscored opponents by 17 runs

Rangers: 6-4, .268 batting average, 3.44 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs

INJURIES: Astros: Victor Caratini: 10 days on injured list (hip), Justin Verlander: 15 days on injured list (neck), Cristian Javier: 60 days on injured list (forearm), Kyle Tucker: 10 days on injured list (shin), Jose Urquidy: 60 days on injured list (forearm), Oliver Ortega: 60 days on injured list (elbow), Bennett Sousa: 60 days on injured list (shoulder), Penn Murfee: 60 days on injured list (elbow), Luis Garcia: 60 days on injured list (elbow), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60 days on injured list (elbow), Kendall Graveman: 60 days on injured list (elbow)

Rangers: Dane Dunning: 15 days on injured reserve (shoulder), Cole Winn: 60 days on injured reserve (shoulder), Evan Carter: 10 days on injured reserve (lower back), Cody Bradford: 60 days on injured reserve (back), Austin Pruitt: 60 days on injured reserve (knee), Joshua Jung: 60 days on injured reserve (wrist), Tyler Mahle: 60 days on injured reserve (elbow), Jacob deGrom: 60 days on injured reserve (elbow), Carson Coleman: 60 days on injured reserve (elbow)

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