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The Houston Astros (9-19) host the Cleveland Guardians (19-9) at 8:10 PM ET Tuesday in a meeting between two of the league’s best hitters. Jose Altuve is batting .342 this year (sixth in the league) for the favored Astros (-175), while Steven Kwan ranks eighth in the majors with a .339 average for the underdog Guardians.
Houston’s Hunter Brown and Cleveland’s Carlos Carrasco have been named the starters for this contest.
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Astros and Guardians Betting Trends
The Astros have gone 7-16 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 30.4% of those games).
Houston has gone 2-1 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -175 or shorter (66.7% winning percentage).
The Guardians have won eight, or 66.7%, of the 12 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
Cleveland has played as an underdog of +144 or more twice this season and split those games.
The Astros have played in 28 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total eight times (8-18-2).
The Guardians and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 15 of their 28 opportunities.
Astros Stats & Insights
The Astros rank 18th in runs scored with 122, 4.4 per game.
Houston ranks ninth-best in MLB play with 32 total home runs.
The Astros are third in MLB with a .264 batting average.
Houston’s hitters strike out 6.4 times per game, the fewest strikeouts in the majors.
The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Astros pitching staff ranks 15th in the majors.
Houston has the 26th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.92).
Guardians Stats & Insights
The Guardians have scored 143 runs this season, which ranks ninth in MLB.
Cleveland ranks 23rd in Major League Baseball with 26 home runs.
The Guardians rank eighth in MLB with a .249 team batting average.
Cleveland is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking third with an average of 7.4 strikeouts per game.
The Guardians have a 9.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, second-best in baseball.
Cleveland has the fifth-best ERA (3.22) in the majors this season.
Astros Key Players to Watch
Brown (0-4 with a 9.68 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 17 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Astros, his sixth of the season.
Kyle Tucker leads Houston in home runs with seven and runs batted in with 20.
Altuve leads Houston in batting average (.342) and home runs (seven) this season, while also driving in nine runs.
Yordan Alvarez is slugging .495 this season, with a team-high seven home runs. He’s also collected 18 RBI.
Jeremy Pena is batting .321 with an OBP of .357 and a slugging percentage of .450 this season.
Guardians Key Players to Watch
Carrasco (1-2) will take to the mound for the Guardians and make his sixth start of the season.
Jose Ramirez has driven in a team-best 24 runs batted in.
Josh Naylor’s six home runs pace his team.
Kwan leads the Guardians with a team-high batting average of .339.
Andres Gimenez is hitting .265 with five doubles, a triple and five walks.
Astros and Guardians Injuries
Astros: Grae Kessinger: 10 Day IL (Shoulder), Jose Urquidy: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Cristian Javier: 15 Day IL (Neck), Luis Garcia: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Oliver Ortega: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Penn Murfee: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kendall Graveman: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Bennett Sousa: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
Guardians: Sam Hentges: 15 Day IL (Finger), Eli Morgan: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Gavin Williams: 15 Day IL (Elbow), James Karinchak: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Angel Martinez: 60 Day IL (Foot), Shane Bieber: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Stephan: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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