Giants and Astros meet to decide series winner

Houston Astros (31-37, third in AL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (33-35, third in NL West)

San Francisco; Wednesday, 3:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABIES: Astros: Framber Valdez (5-3, 3.53 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 50 strikeouts); Giants: Logan Webb (5-5, 2.92 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 73 strikeouts)

: LINE Giants -117, Astros -102; over/under = 8 races

BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros meet on Wednesday and the winner will take the three-game series.

San Francisco is 18-15 in home games and 33-35 overall. The Giants went 9-4 in games when they hit two or more home runs.

Houston is 14-19 in road games and 31-37 overall. The Astros have the second-best team batting average in MLB at .259.

Wednesday’s game is the third time these teams have met this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Matt Chapman leads San Francisco with eight home runs while hitting .400. Heliot Ramos is 15-for-39 with four homers and 10 RBIs over the last 10 games.

Alex Bregman has 12 doubles, one triple and nine home runs for the Astros. Yordan Alvarez is 15-for-39 with four doubles, a triple and four home runs in the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 4-6, .225 batting average, 4.39 ERA, led by six runs

Astros: 6-4, .267 batting average, 3.33 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

INJURIES: Giants: Blake Snell: 15-day IL (groin), Marco Luciano: 10-day IL (undisclosed), LaMonte Wade Jr: 10-day IL (hamstring), Jung Hoo Lee: 60-day IL ( labrum), Tom Murphy: 60-day IL (head), Nick Ahmed: 10-day IL (wrist), Alex Cobb: 60-day IL (hip), Ethan Small: 60-day IL (oblique), Austin Warren: 60 day IL (elbow), Tristan Beck: 60 day IL (arm), Robbie Ray: 60 day IL (elbow)

Astros: Kyle Tucker: 10-day IL (shin), Jose Urquidy: 60-day IL (forearm), Spencer Arrighetti: daily (calf), Cristian Javier: 15-day IL (forearm), Oliver Ortega: 60-day IL days (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)

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