Astros vs. Rangers Odds & Betting Predictions - April 9, 2024

Astros at Rangers

12:05 am • SCHN

Houston Astros

0-2

10 - 5

Texas Rangers

0-0

pitcher		team	era	w-l
A.Heaney			4.28	5-14
B.Henley			135.00	0-0

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Astros 0-2	-1.5	+1.5-170	o10-102	+110
Rangers 0-0	u10	-1.5+142	u10-118	-130

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April 09, 2024

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TEX o4.5 Team Total-142

TEX -110

... previous playoff teams at home Overall: 357-295-0,55% (ROI:17%) Season:1-0-0,100% (ROI:125%)

A.Heaney o3.5 Ks-160

A.Heaney o4.5 Ks+124

0.81u

F. Valdez u5.5 Ks-118

1.18u

Was under in 9/15 road starts last season, and has seen a drop in his K% in away games throughout his career. Rangers have a robust history against him - 7 projected starters tonight have at least 15 PAs against him, and only Duran and Seager have K’ed at above a 20% rate. The Rangers have started the season with an 18.9% K% and last season were 22% vs lefties (11th lowest).

HOU -130 (F5)

0.38u

Edit: Pass w / Valdez scratch

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The Astros batted .271 with RISP last season -- sixth best in MLB. Opponents batted .293 (158-for-540) against Rangers RPs with RISP last season -- second worst in MLB.

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Rangers hitters had a hard-hit rate of 42% last season -- fifth best in MLB. Opponents had a hard-hit rate of 41% against the Astros last season -- tied for seventh worst in MLB.

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The Astros were 27-19 (.587) after a road win in 2023 -- tied for 3rd best in MLB; League Avg: .494.

Adolis Garcia has struck out in 28% of PA's since the 2022 season -- sixth highest in MLB-- fifth Percentile. Josh Hader has a strikeout rate of 37% since the 2022 season -- fifth highest among qualified RPs-- 97th Percentile.

Jose Altuve had an OPS of .915 last season -- 12th best among hitters with at least 241 total PA's-- 96th Percentile. Alec Marsh allowed an OPS of .893 (342 PAs) last season -- third worst among qualified RPs-- first Percentile.

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MLB Public Betting

Rangers are 4-1 in their last 5 games.
Rangers are 3-2 in their last 5 games against the spread
Rangers are 33-47 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Rangers' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 32 of Rangers' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rangers	70-91	37-44	33-47	35-56	34-34
Astros	81-80	40-41	41-39	56-60	23-19

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Rangers	74-79-8	32-47-2	42-32-6	40-47-4	34-30-4
Astros	65-91-5	37-41-3	28-50-2	45-66-5	18-24

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rangers	78-84	44-37	33-47	52-39	24-44
Astros	88-73	46-35	42-38	66-50	20-22

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Apr 7th	HOU	L 1-3	+1.5 L	U 10.5	HOU -112
Apr 6th	HOU	W 7-2	+1.5 W	U 10	TEX -110
Apr 6th	HOU	W 10-2	+1.5 W	O 10	TEX +120
Apr 3rd	@TB	W 4-1	+1.5 W	U 7.5	TEX +105
Apr 2nd	@TB	L 2-5	+1.5 L	U 8.5	TB +130

Lance McCullers
P
McCullers is out with arm
Out
Cristian Javier
P
Javier is out with elbow
Out
Luis Garcia
P
Garcia is out with elbow
Out

Corey Seager
IF
Seager is out with hip
Out
Tyler Mahle
P
Mahle is out with shoulder
Out
Evan Carter
OF
Carter is out with back
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RB.Henley, P	39	0.1	0	5
RS.Martinez, P	32	3.2	2	0
RT.Scott, P	32	2	2	0
RB.Bielak, P	23	2	1	0
RB.Abreu, P	11	1	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1J.Altuve, DH	0-4	1	0	0
2Y.Alvarez, LF	3-5	3	1	3
2J.Meyers, CF	0-0	0	0	0
3K.Tucker, RF	1-4	1	0	2
4A.Bregman, 3B	3-5	0	0	1
5C.McCormick, CF	0-4	0	0	0
5C.McCormick, LF	0-4	0	0	0
6J.Pena, SS	1-4	0	0	1
7J.Abreu, 1B	0-3	2	0	0
8M.Dubon, 2B	1-4	1	0	0
9V.Caratini, C	2-4	2	1	3

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
LA.Heaney, P	82	3.2	2	6
LB.Burke, P	6	0	0	1
RG.Anderson, P	23	1.1	2	3
RJ.Urena, P	49	4	4	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI
1M.Semien, 2B	0-4	1	0
2C.Seager, SS	3-5	1	0
3W.Langford, DH	2-5	1	1
4A.Garcia, RF	1-4	1	0
5E.Carter, LF	0-3	1	1
6J.Smith, 3B	1-3	0	1
7J. Walsh, 1B	1-3	0	2
8A.Knizner, C	0-4	0	0
9L.Taveras, CF	0-3	0	0