Yu Darvish (5-3, 3.01 ERA) and Collin McHugh (9-10, 4.80 ERA) start in the last of a three-game series between the Texas Rangers (82-54) and the Houston Astros (71-64) at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Rangers won the last game 12-4, continuing a seven-game winning streak. Action begins at 3:05 p.m. ET on Sunday, Sep. 4 and can be seen on RTSW and FSSW.
Darvish pitched 6.2 innings in his most recent start, surrendering three runs, striking out nine and walking two in a 6-3 win over the Mariners. Carlos Beltran (.295, 64 Rs, 26 HRs, 80 RBIs) had another good game yesterday, going 2 for 3 with one run and two RBIs. McHugh went 6.0 innings, surrendering zero runs, striking out five and walking one in a 3-1 win over the Athletics in his last outing. Jose Altuve (.348, 95 Rs, 22 HRs, 89 RBIs, 26 SBs) went 1 for 4 yesterday.
Notes
When leading after seven innings, Texas is 40-27, while Houston is 36-28.
The Houston batters brought in a solid 11 hits last game. Texas has a record of 17-25 when their opponents get that many hits or more.
When they are outhit, the Astros are 12-56. The Rangers have a 20-41 record when opponents outhit them.
Ranking 12th in home runs, Houston has hit 169 this season. Texas ranks fourth with 182 home runs.
Ranking 27th, Texas is near the bottom of the league in walks, notching 364 this season. Houston ranks in the top five with 480.
The Rangers are 68-36 when they hit at least one home run. The Astros perform similarly when they hit one or more homers with a 61-38 record.
