Houston at Texas

Houston took the first game of the series, 2-1, on Monday as Texas was held to two hits and Robinson Chirinos had a go-ahead double against his former team. The Astros are 9-3 the last 12 meetings overall and 19-7 the last 26 meetings at Texas. Also, Houston has won 42 of its last 59 road games. Justin Verlander gave up a run on three hits in seven innings in his first start at Tampa Bay, and he had a 2.03 ERA in five appearances against the Rangers last year and gave up only three runs in 12 innings in this park. Shelby Miller goes for Texas, and he comes off a season when he was 0-4 and allowed 19 earned runs in 16 innings. Houston is 19-3 in Verlander's last 22 road starts while the Rangers are 3-13 their last 16 games versus right-handed starters.  Play the Astros for a Max Play.