Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers MLB Betting Pick Prediction 10/18/2023 by Tony T.
Astros at Rangers—Cristian Javier to start for Houston. Javier had 31 starts to the season with an ERA of 4.56 and WHIP of 1.27. The righthander struck out 23.3% with 9% walks. Ground balls dealt at 25.9% with 1.39 home runs per nine innings. Max Scherzer to start for Texas. Scherzer in 27 starts has an ERA of 3.77 and WHIP of 1.12. The veteran fanned 28% with 7.2% walks. Grounders served at 33.2% with 1.65 home runs per nine innings. Javier in his past two starts allowed no runs in 11 innings of work. Scherzer faced the Astros over a month ago allowing seven earned runs in three innings of work.