Astros vs. Blue Jays Pick
Will the Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays continue to struggle to produce runs when they meet today at 1:07PM ET?
The Jays put Marcus Stroman on the mound to face Mike Fiers of the Astros. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Toronto is the clear favorite at home, as the Jays are getting odds of -155 to win. Houston has been given a money line of +145 to win this game, while the over/under total has been set at 9 runs.
Houston is 61-56 overall, 27-30 on the mound and 61-49-6 with the under. Toronto is 66-51 overall, 35-26 at home and 67-45-5 with the under. These two have met six times this season, with Toronto winning four of the six meetings. These two have hit the under in all six meetings.
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Both teams faceoff with pitchers who have been pretty strong as of late. Fiers has a 3.12 ERA in his last three outings while Storman sits at 3.86 in his last three starts. These two just seem to have a problem scoring runs against each other. Toronto has been hot-and-cold at the plate and could find itself scoring runs today, but they should get the pitching to silence the Houston bats.
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