The Houston Astros will play their upcoming home series against the Texas Rangers at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The teams were unable to agree to a scenario in which this week's games would be played in Arlington, Texas, after flooding in Houston forced the relocation.

Astros president Reid Ryan said the team had proposed a swap of dates with the Rangers for a series scheduled for Arlington in late September.

"We went to the Rangers and said, 'Hey let's switch series. You guys have our home series,'" Ryan told reporters. "'We'll take your home series.' They rejected that and didn't want to do that. The Rangers wanted us to play the next three days at their place, but they did not want to trade series with us. They wanted all six of our games at their park."

Texas general manager Jon Daniels told reporters in a conference call that the Rangers had concerns for their fans who had bought tickets to the September series. Further, if they made that swap, the Rangers would not be home for the final four series of the season, from Sept. 15 on.