Chip's AL Heavy Hitter Winner (Astros/Rangers)
(MLB) Houston vs. Texas,
Money Line: -118.00 Houston (Away)
Result: Loss
Houston at Texas 8:05 ET
Astros over Rangers- Texas has now won five of their last six as they make a move toward the Wild Card spot in the AL as they jumped out to a huge 11-3 lead after three innings Monday. Today they will be starting Yovanni Gallardo (7-9, 3.39 ERA) who has not posted a win in his last six starts and hasn't won since late June with one of his outings a lost to the Astros in mid July. Houston will start Dan Straily (0-0, 5.06) who is 3-1 with a 4.23 ERA in seven career starts against the Rangers. Look for Houston to bounce -back from Monday's beating. Take the ASTROS!