Rangers vs. Astros Odds & Betting Predictions - May 17, 2026

Rangers at Astros

6:10 pm • SCHN

Texas Rangers

21-24

8 - 0

Houston Astros

19-28

pitcher		team	era	w-l
P.Lambert			2.76	2-3
N.Eovaldi			4.15	4-4

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Rangers 21-24	-1.5	-1.5+134	o8-106	-125
Astros 19-28	u8.5	+1.5-164	u8-111	+105

Sunday 6:10 p.m.

May 17, 2026

Daikin ParkHouston

Under 4 (F5)-105

TEX -125 (F5)

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Join Discord for earlier access: https://discord.gg/HjKxYKdSUy This is an early-game bet on Eovaldi's control against a Houston order missing key regular bats. Eovaldi has 47 strikeouts against 10 walks in 47.2 innings, while Lambert has 12 walks in 29.1 innings. Houston is 2-8 over its last 10 and scoring only 2.5 runs per game in that stretch.

N.Eovaldi u17.5 Outs+130

There may be some value on Nathan Eovaldi's pitching outs prop. THE BAT X is projecting him to record 16.23 pitching outs, and oddsmakers are implying 17.76. The model believes there is a 58% chance he records fewer than 18 pitching outs. If you can get the under at +130 or better there is great value here. This play is good down to at least -111. Love THE BAT X? Get all of Carty's sports betting projections at EV Analytics https://evanalytics.com/subscribe/mlb?ref=zdlkmgz

HOU +160

P.Lambert u4.5 Hits Allowed+115

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MLB Public Betting

Astros are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Astros are 3-2 in their last 5 games against the spread
Astros are 8-14 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Astros' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 16 of Astros' 25 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Astros	19-28	11-14	8-14	4-11	15-16
Rangers	22-23	12-9	10-14	9-9	13-14

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Astros	27-18-2	16-9	11-9-2	9-6	17-12-2
Rangers	17-26-2	4-16-1	13-10-1	5-12-1	12-14-1

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Astros	19-28	12-13	7-15	5-10	14-17
Rangers	21-24	11-10	10-14	9-9	12-15

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
May 16th	TEX	W 4-1	+1.5 W	U 7.5	HOU +126
May 16th	TEX	W 2-0	+1.5 W	U 8.5	HOU -105
May 14th	SEA	L 3-8	+1.5 L	O 9	SEA -105
May 14th	SEA	W 4-3	+1.5 W	U 9	HOU +118
May 13th	SEA	L 2-10	+1.5 L	O 9	SEA +169

Jordan Montgomery
SP
Montgomery is out with elbow
Out
Cody Freeman
3B
Freeman is out with back
Out
Cody Bradford
RP
Bradford is out with elbow
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PITCHER		PC	IP	K	ER
RN.Eovaldi, P		94	7	8	0
RG.Collyer, P		17	2	2	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1E.Carter, CF	0-5	0	0	0
2B.Nimmo, RF	1-4	0	0	1
2S.Haggerty, LF	0-0	0	0	0
3J.Jung, 3B	0-4	0	0	0
4J.Pederson, DH	0-1	1	0	0
4A.McCutchen, PH	0-1	0	0	0
4A.McCutchen, DH	0-1	0	0	0
5E.Duran, SS	1-4	1	0	0
6A.Osuna, LF	1-3	2	0	0
6A.Osuna, RF	1-3	2	0	0
7J.Burger, 1B	2-4	2	1	4
8J.Foscue, 2B	0-4	0	0	0
9K.Higashioka, C	2-4	2	1	3

PITCHER		PC	IP	K	ER
RP.Lambert, P		93	6	6	5
RC.Bolton, P		51	3	2	3

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1B.Matthews, 2B	1-4	0	0	0
2Y.Alvarez, DH	0-3	0	0	0
2C.Vazquez, PH	0-1	0	0	0
2C.Vazquez, DH	0-1	0	0	0
3C.Walker, 1B	0-2	0	0	0
3S.Whitcomb, 1B	0-1	0	0	0
4Z.Cole, CF	0-4	0	0	0
5Z.Dezenzo, LF	2-4	0	0	0
6B.Shewmake, 3B	1-4	0	0	0
7C.Smith, RF	0-2	0	0	0
8C.Salazar, C	0-3	0	0	0
9N.Allen, SS	1-2	0	0	0