Houston at Texas

Houston was the talk of baseball the first two days of the season after pounding the Yankees. Now they are back to where they belong -- losing games! Houston is back in last place, 26th in baseball in runs scored, 30th in OBP, and batting average. Houston is off a rare win, but the Astros are 29-60 following a win and are 15-36 against the American League West. Brett Oberholtzer (0-2, 4.91 ERA) is weak and the Astros are 0-6 in his last six starts. Texas is 2-0 in Martin Perez's two starts against far better offenses than this one (Boston, Philly). The Rangers are 10-3 in their last 13 home games, plus 31-12 against a team with a losing record. And this is no in-state rivalry. The Astros are 11-40 in the last 51 meetings and 6-20 in the last 26 meetings in Texas. Play Texas.