Houston Astros at Texas Rangers 4/28/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Houston Astros will again be in Arlington, TX Thursday night for game four of four against the Texas Rangers. Houston has been up and down this season coming into Thursday one game below .500 on the season following a 5-1 win over the Texas Rangers in game two of the series. Jake Odorrizzi got his first win of the season after giving up only one run on one hit across 6 innings of work period the Houston bullpen shut down the game allowing only two hits and no runs over the final three innings. 

Offensively Houston was below average against Texas with only six hits in 32 at bats as a team including an abysmal 1-7 with runners in scoring position to leave four men on base. Kyle Tucker led the way for the Houston offense with one hit in four at bats to drive in three of the five Houston runs.

The Texas Rangers are struggling to start the season with only six wins through the 1st 17 games played following the loss to Houston. Taylor Hearn took the loss for Texas against Houston giving up four runs on five hits across 5 innings of work period the Texas Rangers bullpen showed promise however giving up only one run across the final four innings of the game.

Nathaniel Lowe is the leader of the Texas offense hitting .364 on the season to go along with a .408 OBP. Adolis Garcia leads the team with three home runs and eleven RBI's, while three other Texas players have driven in nine runs each.