Tio 'o the cap to Astros GM Dana Brown, who made a bold move for Yusei Kikuchi at the deadline as other GMs looked elsewhere. There hasn't been a better deadline acquisition; Houston has won all seven starts made by Kikuchi since the trade from Toronto, with a 3.07 ERA and 0.99 WHIP across that span. Granted, Angels starter Samuel Aldegheri, the first Italian-born and bred MLB pitcher, hailing from Verona, picked up his first MLB win in his most-recent start at the Rangers on Sunday but was also knocked around by the Mariners in his first MLB start. Can't make a good enough argument on his or the Halos' behalf to derail the Kikuchi train tonight. Play Astros on Run Line