I’m on the Astros moneyline for these reasons:

- Astros have the more experienced pitcher in Lefty Kikuchi. He’s 3-2 on the road while Shane Baz is making his first home start of the year.

- Astros have the more dangerous batting rotation with Altuve, Bergman, Diaz, Alvarez and Dubon all batting .290 and better vs Right handed pitchers on the road. Rays don’t bat well vs Lefties batting only .225 the last two weeks vs left handed pitchers, and the last time Kikuchi started vs them, the astros won 3-2 and he only allowed 2 runs off 3 hits and had 11 strikeouts. Bad played well that game too, but he was hit 6 times and gave up 2 runs with only 5 strikeouts thrown.

Official Play: Astros Moneyline

Side Bet: Under 8 runs

Hail Mary: Kikuchi over 16.5 outs