subject: Bet Baseball: MLB Odds Astros at Rangers - 8:05pm EST [print this page] Bet Baseball: MLB Odds Astros at Rangers - 8:05pm EST
The Houston Astros play the Texas Rangers in an interleague game on Sunday night at 8:05pm EST from Rangers Ballpark. Online sportsbooks have the Rangers -172 betting favorites in MLB predictions vs the Astros +162 while the over/under total is sitting at 9 UNDER (-120). MLB odds for the run line have the Rangers -1.5 (+115) over the Astros +1.5 (-135). Texas will send righthander Tommy Hunter to the mound for tonight's home game who carries a perfect 3-0 record and 2.31 ERA this season while Houston will counter with righthander Roy Oswalt who has gone 5-9 with a 3.08 this year. Today will conclude the 3-game series with the Astros winning the first game 7-4 before the Rangers bounced back last night in a 7-2 win.
Texas won the second game of the series as -300 favorites in MLB predictions while the over/under total stayed just UNDER the 10.5 at online sportsbooks. Vladimir Guerrero hit a single in the third inning to score Ian Kinsler and warmed-up the Rangers bats before Kinsler returned the favor in the fourth inning with 383-ft three run homer to put Texas up 5-2. The Rangers never looked back and managed 15-hits in the game handing Astros pitcher Josh Banks the loss. The Astros were short on offense yesterday as the only bright spot came in the fourth inning when Jason Michaels ripped a 429-ft homer to score Hunter Prince.
Heading into tonight's baseball game, Houston has gone 29-46 on the season, 5-5 when playing on Sunday, 3-7 after a loss and 4-10 in their last 14 games overall. Texas has gone 45-29 in MLB predictions for the season, 6-4 when playing on Sunday, 9-1 after a win and 7-1 in their last 8 games at home. The Ranges are also 9-2 in their last 11 games when playing Houston. The MLB odds total has gone UNDER in 7 of the Astros last 10 games when playing the Rangers and UNDER in 6 of Texas's last 7 games when playing at home against Houston.
