The set-up: The A's got destroyed last night and I believe they're in for another hurting here as well. The visitors hand the ball to Tanner Roark, while the home side counters with Wade Miley.

The pitchers: Roark (9-8, 3.86 ERA) comes in off six scoreless innings vs. the Angels. Difficult to say anything negative about the veteran, I simply feel he's in the wrong place at the wrong time here.

Miley (13-4, 3.35) is coming off a poor outing, but overall he's been solid this year. He'll look to bounce back against the A's, whom he is 5-2 with a 1.71 ERA in eight career starts against.

The pick: With last night's blowout win, the Astros improved to 28-2 this year vs. AL West rivals. Over the last two games Houston has 39 hits and 36 runs.

8* play on the Houston Astros.