Astros vs. Rangers Odds & Betting Predictions - May 18, 2025

Astros at Rangers

5:05 pm • Roku

Houston Astros

15-23

4 - 3

Texas Rangers

17-20

pitcher		team	era	w-l
J.Leiter			3.86	10-10
F.Valdez			3.66	13-11

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Astros 15-23	-1.5	-1.5+150	o8-112	-115
Rangers 17-20	u8.5	+1.5-181	u8-108	-105

Sunday 5:05 p.m.

May 18, 2025

Globe Life FieldArlington

TEX -110

F.Valdez o17.5 Outs-120

0.83u

TEX +110

Globe Life boost: 17-9 at home, where they’ve looked locked in. Astros? Just 2 scoring innings in the first 27 of this series. Saturday: 5-1 W. Leiter finding his stride – 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 5 K vs COL last start. First career quality start, confident and efficient. Rangers lineup providing real support lately – timely power, key hits from Jung, Pederson, Langford. Houston’s bats still – shut out in G1, 1 run in G3, all quiet outside 1 big inning Friday. Valdez owns a strong ERA vs TEX (2.83), but this year he’s 2-4 – Houston failing to back him up. Last outing: 8 IP, 1 ER, no decision. Doesn’t matter if bats stay this cold. Rangers hungry to take Silver Boot series at home, and they’ve got the edge where it counts.

HOU -1.5+140

Under 8.5-115

0.87u

TEX +115

0.5u

Bet to +105

Astros vs. Rangers: Sunday Moneyline Prediction
Sean Paul•
May 18, 2025 UTC

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MLB Public Betting

Rangers are 1-4 in their last 5 games.
Rangers are 1-4 in their last 5 games against the spread
Rangers are 10-12 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Rangers' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Rangers' 15 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rangers	17-20	7-8	10-12	6-7	11-13
Astros	15-23	8-11	7-12	4-11	11-11

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Rangers	15-20-2	2-12-1	13-8-1	4-8-1	11-12-1
Astros	24-12-2	14-5	10-7-2	9-6	14-6-2

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rangers	17-20	7-8	10-12	7-6	10-14
Astros	15-23	9-10	6-13	5-10	10-12

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
May 17th	HOU	W 5-1	+1.5 W	U 8	TEX -120
May 17th	HOU	L 3-6	-1.5 L	O 8	HOU -198
May 16th	HOU	W 1-0	-1.5 L	U 6.5	TEX -130
May 15th	COL	W 8-3	-1.5 W	O 9	TEX -242
May 14th	COL	W 4-1	-1.5 W	U 8.5	TEX -236

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
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
LF.Valdez, P	98	7	8	3
RB.Abreu, P	17	1	0	0
LJ.Hader, P	17	1	2	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1I.Paredes, 3B	1-4	1	1	3
2J.Altuve, DH	0-3	0	0	0
3C.Walker, 1B	0-3	0	0	0
4Y.Diaz, C	1-4	1	1	1
5Z.Dezenzo, LF	0-2	0	0	0
5C.McCormick, LF	0-1	0	0	0
6J.Meyers, CF	1-3	1	0	0
7C.Smith, RF	1-4	1	0	0
8B.Rodgers, 2B	0-2	0	0	0
8J.Pena, PH	0-1	0	0	0
8J.Pena, SS	0-1	0	0	0
9M.Dubon, SS	0-3	0	0	0
9M.Dubon, 2B	0-3	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RJ.Leiter, P	87	7	4	3
RC.Martin, P	1	0	0	0
LR.Garcia, P	14	1	0	1
RL.Jackson, P	15	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI
1S.Haggerty, CF	1-4	1	0
2W.Langford, LF	1-4	1	0
3J.Jung, 3B	1-4	1	1
4A.Garcia, DH	1-4	0	0
5M.Semien, 2B	0-2	0	0
6J.Heim, C	1-3	0	1
7J.Burger, 1B	1-4	0	1
8K.Pillar, RF	0-4	0	0
9E.Duran, SS	1-4	0	0