10* Under Astros/Orioles (7:05 ET): This series has pretty much gone as anticipated with Houston winning the first two games 10-2 and 3-1. I believe the series finale will be more like yesterday’s game in that it should be relatively low scoring. Obviously, the home team hasn’t done much scoring thus far. With just three runs in two games, the Orioles are “closing in” on being the AL’s lowest scoring team. They have lost 12 of their last 13 games and have scored three runs or fewer eight times in that stretch. Take the Under here.

Houston is baseball’s hottest team right now as they’ve won nine in a row. As I’d been predicting, they’ve overtaken Oakland in the AL West. The Astros +122 run differential is also baseball’s best. While a lot of that is due to being the highest scoring team in either league, don’t sleep on the fact that only three AL teams have allowed fewer runs. During this nine-game win streak, they allowed a total of 21 runs. In only one game did they allow more than three and that was when they allowed four on 6/16 vs. Texas.

Jose Urquidy will start Wednesday for the Astros. He has a 1.00 WHIP in 12 starts, which is very good, and is coming off B2B quality starts. Urquidy has allowed three runs or fewer in seven of his last eight starts. So look for him to easily shut down Baltimore’s anemic lineup. The Orioles only had two hits on Monday and didn’t have any until the eighth inning last night. The only thing giving the Orioles hope here is Tom Eshelman, who looked decent enough in his first start of 2021. Last Friday he gave up just one run on three hits in a game the Orioles actually won 7-1. 10* Under Astros/Orioles