On deck: Astros at Texas Rangers

When/where: 7:05 p.m Friday, 6:05 p.m. Saturday, 1:35 p.m. Sunday; Globe Life Field, Arlington.

TV/radio: ATTSW, BSSW; 790 AM all three games, 740 AM on Friday, 1010 AM (Spanish) on Friday and Sunday, 104.9 FM (Spanish) on Saturday.

Pitchers: Friday, RHP Jake Odorizzi (6-6, 4.52) vs. RHP Spencer Howard (0-3, 6.56); Saturday, LHP Framber Valdez (8-4, 2.94) vs. LHP Kolby Allard (3-10, 4.86); Sunday, RHP Zack Greinke (11-4, 3.41) vs. LHP Taylor Hearn (3-4, 4.08).

Astros (75-52) update: Since his promotion from Class AAA Sugar Land, outfielder Jake Meyers has hit .316 in his first 18 career big league games. He has hit safely in 12 of his 14 starts. … Yuli Gurriel and Michael Brantley are neck-and-neck in the American League batting race. Gurriel leads the league at .3161, with Brantley second at .3160. … With 2,798 career strikeouts, Greinke needs six to pass Cy Young, who is 23rd on the all-time list.

Rangers (44-83) update: Texas is an MLB-worst 9-28 (.243) since the All-Star break. … The Rangers were a .500 team (18-18) after winning May 9 but have gone 26-65 (.286) since. … On Thursday night, third baseman Ryan Dorow became the club-record 24th rookie to play for Texas this season. The Rangers used 23 rookies in 2014 and 2019. … 28-year-old rookie Andy Ibanez extended his hitting streak to 10 games Thursday and is batting .500 (19-for-38) in that span. His six consecutive multi-hit games match this season’s major league high, previously accomplished by Brantley, Jed Lowrie and Fernando Tatis Jr. … Isiah Kiner-Falefa is hitting .306 (30 for 98) over 22 games in August, a substantial improvement over his .188 (16 for 85) July. … On Wednesday, Nathaniel Lowe became the sixth Ranger to log a hit in eight consecutive at-bats, joining Frank Catalanotto (10 in 2000), Rico Carty (1973), Oddibe McDowell (1985), Ivan Rodriguez (1993) and Ian Kinsler (2009).