T.M. Selection: Astros/Twins OVER.

1) Spencer Arrighetti is 1-5 with a 7.12 ERA on the road this season and has to face a Twins team that just crushed his teammates 9 to 3 yesterday.

2) Simeon Woods Richardson has decent numbers this season for the Twins but he has been charged with at least 3 earned runs in 4 of his last 6 starts. He gave up 2 homers in most recent start and also allowed 2 homers when he faced the Astros early last month.

3) The Twins have the #1 slugging percentage in the league last 30 days and the Astros are also in the top ten over this period. The total of 9 here is simply too low. Remember the first game of this series was a wild 13-12 final and 6 of 8 Astros games have totaled 11 or more runs. Over, over, over!

T.M. Prediction: 7-5 Twins.