Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers, at Daikin Park, May 16, 2026 Matchups, Preview

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Texas Rangers

Team Summary
Team Page 2026 Texas Rangers
Record 21-23
Manager Skip Schumaker
Game # 45
On This Date 29-31
Standing 2nd (2.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 14-16
Home 11-10
Away 10-13
Extra Innings 1-0
vs. RHP 18-18
vs. LHP 3-5
1-Run Games 6-7
vs. East 4-5
vs. Central 1-2
vs. West 7-7
Inter-League 9-9

TEX Last 10 Games

Jacob deGrom (#48, 38, RHP, 3-2, 2.62)

Houston Astros

Team Summary
Team Page 2026 Houston Astros
Record 18-28
Manager Joe Espada
Game # 47
On This Date 28-28
Standing 4th (6.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 8-12
Last 30 12-18
Home 11-13
Away 7-15
Extra Innings 2-2
vs. RHP 11-19
vs. LHP 7-9
1-Run Games 3-2
vs. East 7-5
vs. Central 2-1
vs. West 5-11
Inter-League 4-11

HOU Last 10 Games

Kai-Wei Teng (#17, 27, RHP, 1-3, 3.12)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Fri, May 15, 2026@HOU2 TEX0
DateAwayHomeTime
Sat, May 16, 2026TEX@HOU7:10pm
Sun, May 17, 2026TEX@HOU2:10pm
Mon, May 25, 2026HOU@TEX7:05pm
Tue, May 26, 2026HOU@TEX8:05pm
Wed, May 27, 2026HOU@TEX8:05pm
Thu, May 28, 2026HOU@TEX8:05pm
Fri, Jul 10, 2026HOU@TEX8:05pm
Sat, Jul 11, 2026HOU@TEX7:05pm
Sun, Jul 12, 2026HOU@TEX2:35pm
Fri, Jul 31, 2026TEX@HOU8:10pm
Sat, Aug 01, 2026TEX@HOU7:10pm
Sun, Aug 02, 2026TEX@HOU2:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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Rangers Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.52 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Rangers Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (5.52 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 17. Teng 52. Abreu 69. Blubaugh 67. Bolton 65. De Los Santos 74. King* 70. Murray 48. Okert*
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
21. Burger G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 5/.000 4/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000
32. Carter* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
20. Duran G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/1.334
14. Foscue G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
Haggerty# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000
11. Higashioka G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 3/.833 4/.000 ··· 4/.833
9. Jansen G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/ ··· 1/.000
6. Jung G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 6/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/1.167 3/.000 1/.000 ···
4. McCutchen G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/4.000
24. Nimmo* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 3/1.666 ··· ··· 5/.650 4/.250 ··· 7/1.229
19. Osuna* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.500 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000
3. Pederson* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 1/ 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000
5. Seager* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 12/.861 ··· ··· 3/.333 1/ ··· 8/.393

TEX Batters

TEX Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
21. Burger G ·  S ·  vP 171 .224 .263 .385 .648 137 .652 34 .627 .753 87 .489 1 0 7 4
32. Carter* G ·  S ·  vP 159 .174 .295 .326 .621 132 .708 27 .197 .654 89 .579 6 0 5 0
20. Duran G ·  S ·  vP 120 .274 .345 .453 .797 96 .853 24 .544 .888 76 .860 4 1 3 1
14. Foscue G ·  S ·  vP 14 .214 .214 .429 .643 12 .583 2 1.000 .400 14 .643 0 0 1 1
Haggerty# G ·  S ·  vP 33 .161 .212 .161 .373 8 .250 25 .414 .328 20 .358 1 0 0 0
11. Higashioka G ·  S ·  vP 73 .194 .260 .254 .514 60 .470 13 .718 .393 44 .348 0 0 1 2
9. Jansen G ·  S ·  vP 99 .195 .286 .333 .619 77 .611 22 .641 .684 47 .590 0 1 2 3
6. Jung G ·  S ·  vP 168 .316 .363 .497 .860 133 .916 35 .641 .748 101 .903 1 1 5 1
4. McCutchen G ·  S ·  vP 63 .214 .286 .304 .589 26 .487 37 .661 .739 31 .545 0 0 1 0
24. Nimmo* G ·  S ·  vP 185 .276 .357 .417 .774 136 .769 49 .783 .908 94 .620 1 1 4 1
19. Osuna* G ·  S ·  vP 51 .256 .431 .282 .713 48 .687 3 1.167 .516 51 .713 1 2 0 0
3. Pederson* G ·  S ·  vP 121 .210 .322 .330 .652 116 .671 5 .200 .526 70 .648 0 0 3 0
5. Seager* G ·  S ·  vP 182 .179 .286 .353 .638 134 .703 48 .461 .861 99 .492 1 0 7 3
TOTAL .229 .311 .363 .673 .708 .552 .716 .638 21 7 40 18

HOU Pitchers

HOU Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
17. Teng G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·X 26.0 3.12 8.0 104 .211 .637 52 .441 52 .829 .575 59 .729 3 0 0
52. Abreu G ·  S ·  vP ··X···o····XX· 13.2 8.56 13.8 70 .255 .998 36 .770 34 1.250 .914 27 .632 4 4 0
41. Arrighetti G ·  S ·  vP X·····X······X 36.0 1.50 8.8 152 .176 .543 59 .469 93 .588 .429 125 .537 1 8 1
69. Blubaugh G ·  S ·  vP ···X·X·X····X· 26.0 5.19 7.6 117 .234 .760 58 .820 59 .695 .639 57 .582 4 4 1
67. Bolton G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X······X· 17.0 4.76 10.6 82 .262 .810 34 .806 48 .808 .761 43 .881 2 2 0
50. Burrows G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X······ 50.1 5.72 8.2 221 .297 .862 100 .690 121 1.006 .920 118 .780 10 1 1
65. De Los Santos G ·  S ·  vP ··o···o··o··XX 17.1 4.15 8.3 71 .224 .611 30 .695 41 .550 .591 46 .630 1 0 0
45. Imai G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········· 12.2 9.24 11.4 65 .250 .842 28 .907 37 .779 1.028 21 1.164 2 2 1
74. King* G ·  S ·  vP X·X·o·····X··o 19.1 3.26 7.4 84 .247 .660 51 .629 33 .708 .624 50 .732 0 1 0
38. Lambert G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 29.1 2.76 8.9 120 .198 .556 39 .885 81 .390 .608 96 .496 1 1 1
43. McCullers G ·  S ·  vP ··X······X···· 39.1 6.86 9.8 172 .257 .847 69 .803 103 .876 .901 111 .916 7 3 1
70. Murray G ·  S ·  vP ···X·o········ 10.0 5.40 4.5 45 .308 .788 12 1.402 33 .553 .792 34 .759 0 0 0
48. Okert* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·o·o····Xo· 19.0 3.79 6.6 77 .221 .657 39 .888 38 .422 .395 40 .766 2 1 0
TOTAL 5.47 8.9 .259 .797 .796 .766 61 33 10

Astros Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.73 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Astros Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (3.73 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 48. deGrom 13. Alexander* 68. Beeks* 65. Collyer 75. Gray 67. Latz* 44. Quantrill 60. Winn
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
20. Allen G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ···
27. Altuve G  ·   S  ·   vP 13/.923 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· ··· 17/.820 4/.833
44. Alvarez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/2.334 6/.733 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 9/1.111 2/1.000
16. Cole* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/
9. Dezenzo G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000
Matthews G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
15. Paredes G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.000 1/.000 1/ ··· ··· 1/ 8/.250 2/.500
18. Salazar* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
28. Shewmake* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000
11. Smith G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/2.000
2. Vázquez G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.715 6/.500 6/.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 12/1.083 1/
8. Walker G  ·   S  ·   vP 18/.278 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 18/1.388 4/.000
14. Whitcomb G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

HOU Batters

HOU Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
20. Allen G ·  S ·  vP 34 .219 .265 .250 .515 20 .522 14 .500 .636 12 .333 0 0 0 0
27. Altuve G ·  S ·  vP 181 .245 .328 .365 .693 128 .710 53 .647 .822 92 .503 1 2 3 2
44. Alvarez* G ·  S ·  vP 202 .321 .431 .637 1.068 135 1.076 67 1.049 1.220 108 .941 1 0 14 1
16. Cole* G ·  S ·  vP 32 .226 .250 .452 .702 28 .804 4 .000 .530 32 .702 0 0 2 1
9. Dezenzo G ·  S ·  vP 21 .158 .238 .421 .659 16 .536 5 1.000 .536 21 .659 0 0 1 0
Matthews G ·  S ·  vP 116 .208 .261 .377 .638 76 .633 40 .646 .397 85 .709 2 0 4 1
15. Paredes G ·  S ·  vP 169 .257 .349 .385 .734 122 .710 47 .798 .644 103 .811 0 0 4 2
18. Salazar* G ·  S ·  vP 10 .125 .300 .125 .425 5 .400 5 .400 .286 10 .425 0 0 0 0
28. Shewmake* G ·  S ·  vP 42 .366 .366 .610 .976 36 1.086 6 .333 .969 42 .976 0 0 3 0
11. Smith G ·  S ·  vP 174 .199 .289 .318 .607 129 .638 45 .519 .456 90 .423 6 1 4 4
2. Vázquez G ·  S ·  vP 87 .253 .306 .418 .724 67 .686 20 .842 .621 54 .451 0 0 3 0
8. Walker G ·  S ·  vP 187 .265 .342 .506 .848 143 .869 44 .769 .845 103 .810 0 0 10 0
14. Whitcomb G ·  S ·  vP 17 .125 .176 .313 .489 12 .705 5 .000 .500 13 .538 0 0 1 0
TOTAL .253 .329 .416 .745 .749 .733 .707 .706 17 7 55 17

TEX Pitchers

TEX Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
48. deGrom G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 44.2 2.62 11.5 174 .199 .579 60 .690 114 .520 .758 96 .538 6 2 3
13. Alexander* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X··oX·X·o· 21.0 2.14 6.9 90 .284 .695 48 .708 42 .682 .844 46 .721 1 4 2
68. Beeks* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·o·o·o·o··· 18.1 2.95 8.3 77 .221 .641 44 .510 33 .816 .639 42 .742 2 2 0
65. Collyer G ·  S ·  vP ···X··X·o···XX 9.2 2.79 7.4 42 .156 .513 16 .538 26 .490 .369 35 .525 0 2 1
17. Eovaldi G ·  S ·  vP ·········X···· 47.2 4.15 8.9 200 .247 .725 70 .570 130 .807 .739 103 .661 10 1 0
1. Gore* G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 48.0 4.50 9.9 204 .212 .675 152 .641 52 .774 .793 119 .760 6 0 0
75. Gray G ·  S ·  vP ··o·X···X····X 10.1 .87 7.0 44 .194 .525 18 .502 26 .537 .708 44 .525 0 0 0
16. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ····X··X······ 19.0 1.89 4.3 73 .152 .445 34 .275 39 .581 .385 38 .472 0 1 0
67. Latz* G ·  S ·  vP ··Xo·X···X···· 21.2 2.08 7.1 79 .110 .370 42 .198 37 .559 .418 33 .382 1 1 0
22. Leiter G ·  S ·  vP X·····X·····X· 49.2 4.35 10.0 214 .241 .731 102 .692 112 .767 .709 124 .721 8 3 1
44. Quantrill G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 14.1 3.77 7.5 60 .245 .694 26 .423 34 .923 .705 57 .696 1 6 0
80. Rocker G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 37.1 4.34 7.2 166 .265 .738 75 .660 91 .806 .973 99 .737 4 6 1
60. Winn G ·  S ·  vP X·o·X·o·o····· 18.0 5.00 11.0 83 .270 .783 45 .778 38 .776 .813 42 .868 3 0 0
TOTAL 3.60 8.7 .227 .670 .746 .668 46 31 9

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