Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros 9/9/19 - MLB Betting Odds & Picks
Oakland Athletics vs. Houston Astros
MLB: 8:10 PM EST
Sep. 09, 2019
TV: ATSW
Latest Odds : HOU -170 Total 9.5
The top teams in the AL West are going to play against each other in this game. However, the Athletics are a team that is going to need to start to figure out how to win in Houston and against the Astros. The Astros have been one of those teams that have controlled the Athletics on the year. The Astros are a team that has won 10 games against the Athletics on the year while losing only 5 times on the year.
The Athletics have been able to rely on Matt Chapman on the year with the power as he has hit 31 homers and brought home 79 runners. Marcus Semien has ended up hitting at a clip of .275 on the year so far. Alex Bregman is the power hitter the Astros have come to rely on this year with 33 homers and 99 RBIs. Michael Brantley leads the Astros in the hitting with a .324 average so far.
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Mike Fiers has ended up being tapped to start this game for the Athletics. Fiers has been able to post a 14-3 record and a 3.51 ERA on the year so far. Fiers has a lot of experience throwing this year with 169 innings pitched, but has struck out only 115 batters while walking 50 on the year with 148 hits allowed.
Zack Greinke is the pitcher the Astros are countering with in this game. Greinke has posted a 4-1 record and a 3.86 ERA so far for the Astros. Greinke has thrown a total of 37.1 innings on the year and has struck out 27 batters while giving up 8 walks and 41 hits for the Astros.
Recent Betting Trends:
Athletics are 2-5 in their last 7 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
Astros are 40-11 in their last 51 during game 1 of a series.
Under is 37-17-2 in Athletics last 56 vs. a team with a winning record.
Over is 6-1 in Astros last 7 home games.
Free Betting Pick: Houston Astros -170
The Astros are coming into this game with a lot better offense in this game and that is going to help them in getting to Fiers in the game, but also help make the difference. The other factor that helps the Astros out quite a bit is the fact that they have been able to control the Athletics rather easily and will continue to control them in this game here. Final Score, Houston Astros win 7-5.