The Texas Rangers (7-6) and Houston Astros (4-10) square off for another engaging series battle coming up on Friday, April 12 at 8:10 PM ET at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. The Astros are slight favorites to win with a moneyline at -135.

The Rangers have gone 1-4 in their last five games and 1-2 in their recent series against the Oakland Athletics. Their most recent game was a 1-0 ending to that series, but at least they were able to score one win within those matchups.

Dane Dunning (1-1) has an ERA at 4.15 and a WHIP at 1.08 and will get the starting spot on the mound for game one. He has pitched 13.0 innings so far and has a slight edge in comparison to the Astros’ starter.

Their offense is led by two prominent players in Adolis Garcia and Corey Seager. Garcia currently leads them with four home runs and 13 RBI’s. As for Seager, he leads with a batting average at .311, as well as a .392 on base percentage and a .400 slugging percentage.

The Rangers have a strong batting average at .266 and get on base often with a percentage at .349. In addition, they keep their opponents struggling at the plate with a batting average of .203.

The Astros recently lost all three of their games against the Kansas City Royals in the series prior. Their most recent defeat was a 13-3 outing in game three of the series and marked their second consecutive game of allowing double-digit runs.

If they continue to allow that many runs each game, they are not winning this match. With J.P. France (0-1) on the mound, he should do somewhat better with an ERA at 4.76 and a WHIP of 1.50.

Yordan Alvarez leads them with four home runs and 12 RBI’s to give their offense a boost. Jose Altuve leads them with a strong batting average of .370. He also has earned an on base percentage at .452 and a slugging percentage at .648.

The Astros are on par with the Rangers in averaging .266 at the plate, but are allowing their opponents to keep up with a batting average of .260. This shows no room for error.

MyBookie has you all set with appealing MLB odds, which currently show the Houston Astros as slight contenders to win. Looking at market analysis, it shows the Astors only having a 51.5 percent likelihood of success.

In four games for their first series, both teams secured two wins. The Astros won the last two and arguably have the best momentum against the Rangers. However, stats show the Rangers could have the edge here.