The Houston Astros are the hottest team in baseball, and now we get an opportunity to back them off a rare loss following Sunday's 2-1 setback at Detroit. Now they return home to take on the lowly Baltimore Orioles, and I don't see this ending any other way than a blowout win for the home team.

Orioles' starter Thomas Eshelman (0-1, 7.27 ERA) has made only two starts on the season, one against Houston on June 23 when he was tagged with six runs through four innings of a 13-0 loss. Houston hands the ball to Zack Greinke (8-2, 3.56 ERA) who held the Orioles to one run on five hits through 7 1/3 innings in that same series.

8* play on Houston Astros -1.5.