This is a 4* play on Houston.

The Astros are just 1.5 games back of Texas in the AL West, and with a home series versus Boston and Texas playing on the road at Arizona they could make up some ground.

Justin Verlander will toe the slab for Houston, and he's 4-1 with a 3.07 ERA in his last five starts.

The Red Sox hand the ball to Tanner Houck, who is returning from a stint in the DL.

Boston is 1-6 in Houck's last seven starts.

GL,

Jesse Schule