Rangers vs. Astros (May 15, 2026)

Astros HOU

17-28

1-4 in Last 5

preview Rangers Astros Notes

Odds

TEX

HOU

-110

Open

-110

Open

-110

o8.5

-110

u8.5

-110

-1.5

+150

+1.5

-185

TEX

Starting Pitchers

HOU

Jack Leiter

RHP #22

Spencer Arrighetti

RHP #41

1-3

W-L

4-1

4.85

ERA

1.88

1.43

WHIP

1.33

42.2

28.2

TEX

Team Stats

HOU

162

206

329

390

.233

AVG

.255

.313

OBP

.330

.369

SLG

.418

3.63

ERA

5.59

364

391

140

228

TEX

Injuries

HOU

Nathan Eovaldi

Day-to-day (Side)

Carlos Correa

10-Day IL (Ankle)

Josh Smith

10-Day IL (Glute)

Taylor Trammell

10-Day IL (Groin)

Cody Freeman

10-Day IL (Back )

Jake Meyers

10-Day IL (Oblique)

Wyatt Langford

10-Day IL (Forearm)

Joey Loperfido

10-Day IL (Quadriceps)

Chris Martin

15-Day IL (Shoulder)

Jeremy Peña

10-Day IL (Knee)

Robert Garcia

15-Day IL (Shoulder)

Yainer Diaz

10-Day IL (Abdominal)

Carter Baumler

15-Day IL (Ribs)

Nate Pearson

15-Day IL (Elbow)

Luis Curvelo

15-Day IL (Biceps)

Bennett Sousa

15-Day IL (Elbow)

Jordan Montgomery

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Josh Hader

60-Day IL (Biceps)

Cody Bradford

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Hayden Wesneski

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Hunter Brown

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Brandon Walter

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Cristian Javier

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Ronel Blanco

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Current Series

Rangers

Astros

-108

Game 1

Rangers

Astros

-152

+128

Game 2

Rangers

Astros

Game 3

2026 AL West

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	22	21	.512
Mariners	22	23	.489	1.0
Rangers	21	22	.488	1.0
Astros	17	28	.378	6.0
Angels	16	28	.364	6.5

TEX

Last 5

HOU

Wed, May 13

Thu, May 14

Tue, May 12

Wed, May 13

Mon, May 11

Tue, May 12

Sun, May 10

Mon, May 11

Sat, May 9

Sun, May 10

Game Info

May 15, 2026

Daikin Park

Houston, Texas

84°

14 mph SSE

Home Plate: Ron Kulpa

First Base: Dillon Wilson

Second Base: Manny Gonzalez

Third Base: Tom Hanahan

Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Evan Carter E. Carter	43	129	18	23	5	0	5	13	22	1	34	6	0	.178	.301	.333
Corey Seager C. Seager	42	156	22	28	6	0	7	20	22	2	50	1	0	.179	.286	.353
Brandon Nimmo B. Nimmo	41	160	18	45	7	2	4	12	17	3	35	1	1	.281	.359	.425
Jake Burger J. Burger	41	159	15	36	5	0	7	27	7	1	45	0	0	.226	.262	.390
Josh Jung J. Jung	40	151	19	49	13	0	5	20	10	2	26	1	1	.325	.372	.510
Joc Pederson J. Pederson	39	98	13	21	3	0	3	9	16	1	28	0	0	.214	.322	.337
Ezequiel Duran E. Duran	35	102	17	29	8	1	3	15	12	0	25	4	1	.284	.357	.471
Josh Smith J. Smith	31	92	6	20	2	0	0	6	14	1	20	2	1	.217	.324	.239
Danny Jansen D. Jansen	28	87	6	17	4	1	2	9	8	3	28	0	1	.195	.286	.333
Andrew McCutchen A. McCutchen	27	55	6	12	2	0	1	5	6	0	19	0	0	.218	.290	.309
Sam Haggerty S. Haggerty	25	31	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	13	1	0	.161	.212	.161
Kyle Higashioka K. Higashioka	20	64	5	13	1	0	1	5	6	0	22	0	0	.203	.271	.266
Wyatt Langford W. Langford	20	80	9	19	3	2	1	4	4	0	19	3	0	.238	.274	.363
Alejandro Osuna A. Osuna	18	37	5	10	1	0	0	6	7	4	10	1	2	.270	.438	.297
Justin Foscue J. Foscue	6	11	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	.182	.182	.455

Batters	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Kyle Higashioka K. Higashioka	1	1	-	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	.000	.500	.000
Danny Jansen D. Jansen	1	3	-	1	1	1	0	0	1	-	-	.333	.333	1.333
Brandon Nimmo B. Nimmo	1	1	-	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	.000	.500	.000
Corey Seager C. Seager	1	2	-	1	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	.500	.667	.500
Josh Smith J. Smith	1	1	-	0	0	0	1	1	1	-	-	.000	.667	.000
Wyatt Langford W. Langford	1	3	-	0	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	.000	.000	.000

Pitchers	G	GS	W	L	ERA	SO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP
Tyler Alexander T. Alexander	20	0	1	0	2.14	16	2	21.0	23	5	6	1	6	1
Jalen Beeks J. Beeks	20	0	2	1	2.95	17	0	18.1	15	6	6	2	8	0
Cole Winn C. Winn	19	0	2	1	4.76	19	1	17.0	18	9	9	3	7	0
Jacob Latz J. Latz	18	1	0	1	2.08	17	5	21.2	8	5	5	1	5	0
Jakob Junis J. Junis	16	1	0	1	1.89	9	3	19.0	10	4	4	0	5	2
Gavin Collyer G. Collyer	12	0	1	0	2.79	8	0	9.2	5	3	3	0	7	3
MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	9	9	3	3	4.50	53	0	48.0	38	24	24	6	22	1
Robert Garcia R. Garcia	9	0	0	1	3.38	6	0	8.0	5	3	5	0	7	0
Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	8	8	3	2	2.62	57	0	44.2	33	13	13	6	8	0
Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	8	8	4	4	4.15	47	0	47.2	46	22	24	10	10	3
Chris Martin C. Martin	8	0	1	1	7.11	7	0	6.1	11	5	6	1	0	1
Kumar Rocker K. Rocker	8	8	1	4	4.34	30	0	37.1	39	18	18	4	17	1
Jack Leiter J. Leiter	8	8	1	3	4.85	49	0	42.2	43	23	24	7	18	2
Peyton Gray P. Gray	7	0	0	0	0.87	8	0	10.1	7	1	1	0	6	0
Cal Quantrill C. Quantrill	6	0	2	0	3.77	12	0	14.1	13	6	9	1	6	0
Carter Baumler C. Baumler	4	0	0	0	3.18	6	0	5.2	4	2	2	1	6	1
Luis Curvelo L. Curvelo	4	0	0	0	5.40	3	0	5.0	6	3	3	2	2	0

Lineup	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Brice Matthews B. Matthews 2B	36	102	12	20	4	1	4	13	8	0	37	2	0	.196	.252	.373
Isaac Paredes I. Paredes 3B	40	145	16	37	7	0	3	17	15	5	29	0	0	.255	.345	.366
Yordan Alvarez Y. Alvarez DH	45	165	29	53	11	0	14	30	28	4	31	1	0	.321	.429	.642
Christian Walker C. Walker 1B	45	163	26	44	10	0	10	29	17	2	34	0	0	.270	.344	.515
Braden Shewmake B. Shewmake SS	14	37	6	14	1	0	3	6	0	0	6	0	0	.378	.378	.649
Zach Dezenzo Z. Dezenzo LF	7	16	2	3	2	0	1	2	1	0	5	0	0	.188	.235	.500
Zach Cole Z. Cole CF	9	28	2	7	1	0	2	6	0	1	12	0	0	.250	.276	.500
Cam Smith C. Smith RF	44	148	18	30	6	0	4	17	18	2	48	6	1	.203	.294	.324
Christian Vázquez C. Vázquez C	25	76	7	20	4	0	3	12	6	0	15	0	0	.263	.317	.434

Lineup	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Brice Matthews B. Matthews 2B	1	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Isaac Paredes I. Paredes 3B	2	6	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.167	.167	.167
Yordan Alvarez Y. Alvarez DH	1	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	1.000	-
Christian Walker C. Walker 1B	3	7	-	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	-	-	.143	.333	.143
Braden Shewmake B. Shewmake SS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Dezenzo Z. Dezenzo LF	1	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-	-	.000	.333	.000
Zach Cole Z. Cole CF	1	2	-	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	-	-	.500	.500	2.000
Cam Smith C. Smith RF	2	4	-	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-	-	.250	.500	.250
Christian Vázquez C. Vázquez C	1	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	.000	.500	.000

	Starter	G	GS	W	L	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP
	Spencer Arrighetti S. Arrighetti	5	5	4	1	1.88	30	0	0	0	28.2	21	6	8	1	17	4

Astros host the Rangers in first of 3-game series

The Associated Press

May 15, 2026

Texas Rangers (21-22, third in the AL West) vs. Houston Astros (17-28, fourth in the AL West)

Houston; Friday, 8:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Jack Leiter (1-3, 4.85 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 49 strikeouts); Astros: Spencer Arrighetti (4-1, 1.88 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 30 strikeouts)

LINE: Astros -110, Rangers -110; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros open a three-game series at home against the Texas Rangers on Friday.

Houston has a 17-28 record overall and a 10-13 record at home. The Astros have the fourth-best team slugging percentage in the majors at .418.

Texas has a 21-22 record overall and a 10-12 record on the road. The Rangers are 15-7 in games when they record eight or more hits.

The matchup Friday is the first meeting this season between the two clubs.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with 25 extra base hits (11 doubles and 14 home runs). Braden Shewmake is 13 for 32 with a double, two home runs and five RBIs over the past 10 games.

Josh Jung has 13 doubles and five home runs while hitting .325 for the Rangers. Ezequiel Duran is 12 for 37 with three doubles, a triple and two home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 3-7, .204 batting average, 5.06 ERA, outscored by 25 runs

Rangers: 5-5, .226 batting average, 3.93 ERA, outscored by five runs

INJURIES: Astros: Jeremy Pena: 10-Day IL (knee), Joey Loperfido: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Hunter Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Correa: 10-Day IL (ankle), Yainer Diaz: 10-Day IL (abdominal), Jake Meyers: 10-Day IL (oblique), Nate Pearson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Taylor Trammell: 10-Day IL (groin), Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ronel Blanco: 60-Day IL (elbow), Josh Hader: 60-Day IL (biceps), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Rangers: Wyatt Langford: 10-Day IL (forearm), Carter Baumler: 15-Day IL (ribs), Nathan Eovaldi: day-to-day (side), Robert Garcia: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Smith: 10-Day IL (glute), Cody Freeman: 10-Day IL (back ), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luis Curvelo: 15-Day IL (biceps), Jordan Montgomery: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Rangers TEX

Astros HOU

Odds

Starting Pitchers

Team Stats

Injuries

Current Series

2026 AL West

Last 5

Game Info

7

27

.325

4

57

2.08

14

30

.321

4

46

1.88

Astros host the Rangers in first of 3-game series