Texas at Houston

This is no rivalry deep in the heart of Texas: The Rangers are 15-39 versus Houston. Texas winds up a seven-game road trek looking road-weary on a 1-9 skid. Southpaw Cole Ragans has a 6.48 ERA on the road where batters are hitting .314 off him. The Rangers are 9-19 against winning teams, 6-14 following a victory, and 32-73 on the road versus righty starters. Houston's offense is Top 10 in runs scored and slugging, #11 in on-base percentage, while the pitching staff is second in ERA (2.95). Cristian Javier has a 2.52 ERA at home this season and the Astros are 33-11 against lefty starters. The Astros are the Max Play here.