The Houston Astros (77-66) host the Oakland Athletics (62-82) at 8:10 p.m. ET Tuesday for a sluggers’ duel between two of the best home-run hitters in baseball. Yordan Alvarez has racked up 32 homers this season (No. 10 in the league) for the favored Astros which sit as -192 favorites, while Brent Rooker ranks seventh in the majors with 35 dingers of his own for the underdogs.
Spencer Arrighetti will get the ball for Houston while Oakland will counter with JP Sears.
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The Astros are 59-47 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 55.7% of those games).
Houston has a record of 12-4 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -192 or shorter (75% winning percentage).
The Athletics have entered the game as underdogs 126 times this season and won 50, or 39.7%, of those games.
Oakland has entered 35 games this season as the underdog by +161 or more and is 13-22 in those contests.
The Astros have played in 143 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 58 times (58-80-5).
The Athletics and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 66 of their 143 opportunities.
Astros Stats & Insights
The Astros have the No. 12 offense in MLB action scoring 4.6 runs per game (661 total runs).
Houston averages 1.2 home runs per game to rank 11th in MLB play with 170 total home runs.
The Astros’ .261 batting average is third-best in MLB.
Houston strikes out 7.4 times per game, the fourth-fewest mark in baseball.
The pitching staff for the Astros has a collective 9.3 K/9, the second-best in MLB.
Houston’s 3.74 team ERA ranks sixth among all MLB pitching staffs.
Athletics Stats & Insights
The Athletics are among the lowest scoring teams in the league, ranking 26th with just 584 total runs (4.1 per game) this season.
Oakland ranks fifth in Major League Baseball with 182 home runs.
The Athletics have a team batting average of .234 this season, which ranks 24th among MLB teams.
Oakland ranks 25th in strikeouts per game (9.2) among MLB offenses.
The Athletics strike out just eight batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in MLB.
Oakland pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.36 ERA this year, which ranks 24th in MLB.
Astros Key Players to Watch
Arrighetti makes the start for the Astros, his 26th of the season. He is 7-12 with a 4.82 ERA and 151 strikeouts in 125 2/3 innings pitched.
Alvarez leads Houston in homers with 32 while also maintaining a team-best .311 batting average.
Jose Altuve has 171 hits and an OBP of .356 to go with a slugging percentage of .449 this season.
Alex Bregman is slashing .259/.315/.447 this season for the Astros.
Yainer Diaz leads Houston in runs batted in (81) this season. He’s batting .299 while slugging .451.
Athletics Key Players to Watch
The Athletics will hand the ball to Sears (11-10) for his 29th start of the season.
Rooker leads the Athletics with 35 home runs and 99 runs batted in, while racking up a team-best batting average of .299.
JJ Bleday has 38 doubles, four triples, 20 home runs and 58 walks while batting .243.
Lawrence Butler has 22 doubles, two triples, 21 home runs and 30 walks while hitting .270.
Shea Langeliers has 16 doubles, two triples, 25 home runs and 33 walks while batting .223.
Astros and Athletics Injuries
Astros: Jose Urquidy: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Luis Garcia: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Oliver Ortega: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Cristian Javier: 60 Day IL (Forearm), 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), J.P. France: 60 Day IL (Undisclosed)
Athletics: Tyler Soderstrom: 10 Day IL (Undisclosed), Austin Adams: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Osvaldo Bido: 15 Day IL (Wrist), Alex Wood: 60 Day IL (Rotator cuff), Ken Waldichuk: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Gott: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Miguel Andรยบjar: 60 Day IL (Muscle), Luis Medina: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Esteury Ruiz: 60 Day IL (Wrist)
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