The AL Wild Card Series rolls on Wednesday at 2:32 p.m. ET when the Houston Astros host the Detroit Tigers live on ABC from Minute Maid Park. The Tigers will look to move on to the ALDS while the Astros hope to extend the series with a win. Sportsbooks have installed the Tigers as +153 underdogs, while the Astros are -182 favorites on the moneyline.
Houston’s Hunter Brown and Detroit’s Tyler Holton have been named the starters for this contest.
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Astros and Tigers Betting Trends
The Astros have been the moneyline favorite 119 total times this season. They’ve gone 67-52 in those games.
Houston has a 22-8 record (winning 73.3% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -182 or shorter.
The Tigers have won 47, or 48.5%, of the 97 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
This season, Detroit has won three of its 12 games, or 25%, when it’s the underdog by at least +153 on the moneyline.
The Astros have had an over/under set by bookmakers 162 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 65 of those games (65-91-6).
Games involving the Tigers have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 78 of 162 chances this season.
Astros Stats & Insights
The Astros rank 11th in runs scored with 740, 4.6 per game.
Houston is 10th-best in MLB action with 190 total home runs.
The Astros have the third-best batting average in the league (.262).
Houston strikes out 7.3 times per game to rank third in baseball.
The Astros pitching staff is third in MLB with a collective 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
Houston has a 3.74 team ERA that ranks sixth among all MLB pitching staffs.
Tigers Stats & Insights
The Tigers rank 19th in the majors with 682 total runs scored this season.
Detroit’s 162 home runs rank 24th in Major League Baseball.
The Tigers have a team batting average of .234 this season, which ranks 23rd among MLB teams.
Detroit ranks 23rd in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of nine Ks per contest.
The Tigers strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
Detroit has the fourth-best ERA (3.62) in the majors this season.
Astros Key Players to Watch
Brown (11-9 with a 3.49 ERA and 179 strikeouts in 170 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Astros, his 31st of the season.
Yordan Alvarez is batting .308 with 35 home runs and 86 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among Houston hitters this season.
Jose Altuve has collected 185 hits this season and has an OBP of .350. He’s slugging .439 on the year.
Alex Bregman has 151 hits this season and a slash line of .260/.315/.453.
Yainer Diaz has 175 hits and an OBP of .325 to go with a slugging percentage of .441 this season.
Tigers Key Players to Watch
The Tigers will hand the ball to Holton (7-2) for his 10th start of the season.
Riley Greene paces the Tigers with 24 home runs and 74 runs batted in, while racking up a team-high batting average of .262.
Matt Vierling has 28 doubles, five triples, 16 home runs and 41 walks while batting .257.
Colt Keith has 15 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs and 36 walks while hitting .260.
Kerry Carpenter has 16 doubles, five triples, 18 home runs and 22 walks while batting .284.
Astros and Tigers 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), Ben Gamel: 60 Day IL (Knee)
Tigers: Javier Báez: 60 Day IL (Hip), Brendan White: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Alex Faedo: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60 Day IL (Groin)
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