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Los Angeles Angels (62-91, fifth in the AL West) vs. Houston Astros (83-70, first in the AL West)

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

PROBABLE PITCHING PLAYERS: Angels: Tyler Anderson (10-13, 3.60 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 136 strikeouts); Astros: Justin Verlander (4-6, 5.20 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 65 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Astros -254, Angels +207; Over/Under is 8 Runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Angels will look to end a three-game road losing streak when they face the Houston Astros.

Houston has an 83-70 overall record and a 43-32 home record. The Astros' batters have a combined batting average of .414, ranking fifth in the AL.

Los Angeles has a 30-45 record in road games and 62-91 overall. The Angels have a 32-80 record in games in which they have allowed at least one home run.

Friday's meeting will be the eleventh time this season. The Astros have a 7-3 lead in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with a .303 batting average and has 32 doubles, two triples, 34 home runs, 68 walks and 85 RBIs. Jose Altuve has hit 14 of 44 home runs and five RBIs in the last 10 games.

Nolan Schanuel leads the Angels with a .252 batting average and has hit 18 doubles and 13 home runs. Taylor Ward has hit 11 of 36 batters in the last 10 games, hitting three home runs and hitting six RBIs.

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 6-4, .243 batting average, 3.03 ERA, 4 runs more than opponents

Angels: 3-7, .220 batting average, 4.15 ERA, nine runs less

INJURIES: Astros: Ben Gamel: 10-day IL (knee), Chas McCormick: 10-day IL (wrist), JP France: 60-day IL (undisclosed), Cristian Javier: 60-day IL (forearm), Jose Urquidy: 60-day IL (forearm), Oliver Ortega: 60-day IL (elbow), Bennett Sousa: 60-day IL (shoulder), Penn Murfee: 60-day IL (elbow), Luis Garcia: 60-day IL (elbow), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60-day IL (elbow), Kendall Graveman: 60-day IL (elbow)

Angels: Mickey Moniak: day to day (hand), Samuel Aldegheri: 15-day IL (finger), Bryce Teodosio: 10-day IL (finger), Anthony Rendon: 10-day IL (oblique), Matt Moore: 60-day IL (elbow), Ben Joyce: 15-day IL (shoulder), Jo Adell: 60-day IL (oblique), Kevin Pillar: 10-day IL (thumb), Jose Soriano: 60-day IL (arm). ), Jose Marte: 60-day IL (viral infection), Mike Trout: 60-day IL (meniscus), Luis Rengifo: 60-day IL (wrist), Andrew Wantz: 60-day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-day IL (elbow), Kelvin Caceres: 60-day IL (width), Robert William Stephenson: 60-day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.