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Game No. 28 Preview: Astros vs. Rangers

Oh no, we suck again?

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Astros (18-9) vs. Rangers (10-16), 7:10 p.m. (CST)

TV: Roots Sports SW, MLB.TV 
Radio: KBME 790 AM, KLAT 1010 AM
Rangers SBNation BlogLone Star Ball

Pitching matchup

RHP Samuel Deduno (0-0, 2.70 ERA, 1.13 WHIP) vs. RHP Colby Lewis (1-2, 3.00 ERA, 1.13 WHIP)

Preview

The Astros are garage again? Right? No. This is baseball, they're are 162 games in a season. There will be ups and downs. Thus far the Astros have had  more positive results but like any team they're going to even out.

The Rangers were able to take the first two games of the series, out dueling Dallas Keuchel and Scott Feldman. The Astros now turn to spot starter Samuel Deduno. Deduno is making his second straight start after allowing one run on three hits over four innings to the Mariners in his first start. In his career as a starter, Deduno is 16-17 with a 4.39 ERA. When facing the Rangers, Deduno is 0-1 with a 7.56 ERA in four appearances.

TEXAS RANGERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SAMUEL DEDUNO
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Adrian Beltre"]">Adrian Beltre 10 5 1 1 2 4 0 1 0.500 0.500 1.400 1.900
Prince Fielder"]">Prince Fielder 8 4 1 0 0 1 4 1 0.500 0.667 0.625 1.292
Shin-Soo Choo"]">Shin-Soo Choo 10 3 1 0 0 4 2 2 0.300 0.417 0.400 0.817
Mitch Moreland"]">Mitch Moreland 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.500 0.571 0.500 1.071
Michael Choice"]">Michael Choice 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667 0.667 0.667 1.333
Josh Hamilton"]">Josh Hamilton 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.286 0.286 0.714 1.000
Elvis Andrus"]">Elvis Andrus 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.167 0.286 0.167 0.452
Robinson Chirinos"]">Robinson Chirinos 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667
Carlos Corporan"]">Carlos Corporan 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.250 0.400 0.250 0.650
Leonys Martin"]">Leonys Martin 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.500 0.667 1.000 1.667
Rougned Odor"]">Rougned Odor 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Carlos Peguero"]">Carlos Peguero 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000

The Astros face Colby Lewis after making Ross Detwiler and Wandy Rodriguez look like the second coming of Cy Young and Warren Spahn. Lewis has made a career of looking good against the Astros, 5-1 with a 2.10 ERA in 8 starts vs. the Rangers since 2010. In one start against Houston this season, he gave up four runs over 7 1/3 innings on April 12.

HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. COLBY LEWIS
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jose Altuve"]">Jose Altuve 14 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.357 0.357 0.429 0.786
Chris Carter"]">Chris Carter 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.600
Jason Castro"]">Jason Castro 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.000 0.083 0.000 0.083
Hank Conger"]">Hank Conger 17 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.294 0.294 0.412 0.706
Matt Dominguez"]">Matt Dominguez 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667
Evan Gattis"]">Evan Gattis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Marwin Gonzalez"]">Marwin Gonzalez 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.750
Jed Lowrie"]">Jed Lowrie 20 6 0 0 1 2 1 2 0.300 0.333 0.450 0.783
Jake Marisnick"]">Jake Marisnick 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0.667 0.667 1.667 2.333
Colby Rasmus"]">Colby Rasmus 9 4 0 1 1 2 0 2 0.444 0.444 1.000 1.444
George Springer"]">George Springer 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.286 0.286 0.286 0.571
Luis Valbuena"]">Luis Valbuena 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.200 0.200 0.800 1.000
Jonathan Villar"]">Jonathan Villar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500

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