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Texas Rangers at Houston Astros Preview & Picks – Rangers To Avoid Being Swept In Vital MLB Outing
- Texas Rangers at Houston Astros picks for Wednesday, September 17
- Game is taking place at Minute Maid Park
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- Texas Rangers at Houston Astros Preview & Picks
- Head To Head
- Texas Rangers Form
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Texas Rangers at Houston Astros Preview & Picks
Texas Rangers at Houston Astros Preview & Picks
Texas are backed to avoid being swept and give their playoff hopes a shot in the arm.
The Rangers have dropped the last two in this series, but Jacob deGrom gets the nod here and not only has been in good form this season, he has excelled on the road to lead them to several victories.
- Texas pitcher Jacob deGrom is 6-2 on the road this season
- Jacob deGrom has a 2.82 ERA with 171 strikeouts overall
- Houston starter Cristian Javier is 1-3 with a 4.78 ERA in 2025
- The Over has cashed in the previous 2 games in this series
Head To Head
- Texas Rangers lead the all-time series 150-148
- Houston Astros won 6-5 when the two teams last met on September 16
Texas Rangers Form
Texas entered this series on a good run of form, but have now dropped three consecutive games.
made the short trip to Houston on the back of a defeat, but in good form with 13 victories in their previous 17 games.
The Rangers had won 13 of their previous 17 before heading to Houston, kicking off that run with 7-3 and 20-3 wins win over the Los Angeles Angels, before sweeping the Athletics with 5-2, 9-3 and 9-6 wins.
They then failed to back up a 7-5 win in Arizona as they lost the next two, 5-3 and 2-0, but they did rebound by sandwiching an 11-0 loss to Houston with 4-3 and 4-2 wins, before beating Milwaukee 5-0, 5-4 and 6-3.
Texas extended their win streak to six games with 8-3 and 3-2 wins over the New York Mets, but they have not won since, following up a 5-2 loss to New York with 6-3 and 6-5 defeats in Houston.
Houston Astros Form
Houston enter the final game of this series having kick-started some form with back-to-back wins over Texas.
The Astros came into the series having lost nine of their previous 15 games, starting with 4-1 and 3-0 home defeats to the Los Angeles Angels.
They failed to back up an 8-3 win in the final game of the series as they sandwiched an 8-7 win over the New York Yankees with 7-1 and 8-4 defeats, before losing 4-3 and 4-2 to Texas either side of an 11-0 win.
Houston then rebounded from a 4-3 loss in Toronto with a 3-2 win, before bouncing back from a 6-0 defeat to the Blue Jays with 11-3 and 6-2 victories over the Braves in Atlanta.
The Astros missed out on the series sweep as they lost 8-3, but they have hit back in the first two games of this series with Texas, winning 6-3 and 6-5.
Verdict
Texas have dropped the first two meetings in this series, but we retain confidence in them.
Jacob deGrom has been on a roll on the road, and he can slow down the Astros bats to help the Rangers take the 'W'.
Texas Win
Moneyline
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