Red Sox vs. Astros Pick
Can David Price get on track tonight and lead the Boston Red Sox past the Houston Astros when the two meet in Sunday Night Baseball at 8PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Astros are favored at home today, as they are getting odds of -120 to win. Boston is listed with odds of +110 to prevail, while the over/under total has been set at 9 runs.
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The pitching matchup tonight has Price (1-1, 5.09 ERA) on the mound for Boston to face Joe Musgrove (4-5, 4.81) of the Astros. Price has started four games this season, lasing 23 innings while allowing 13 earned runs. He has 21 strikeouts with 11 walks and a 1.22 WHIP. Musgrove has started 11 games this year, allowing 31 earned runs in 58 innings of work. He has 45 strikeouts with 18 walks and a 1.41 WHIP.
These two have split the first two games in this series. Boston picked up a 2-1 win on Friday and Houston followed that up with a 7-1 win on Saturday. The Red Sox are now 38-30 overall and 17-19 on the road. Houston is 46-23 overall and 23-15 at home.
David Paulino pitched six strong innings on Saturday, allowing just one run and three hits to get his first win of the season. He was backed up by three perfect innings by his bullpen as well. Rick Porcello continued to struggle, allowing seven runs over six innings to fall to 3-9 in 2017. Jose Altuve homered and drove in two runs for Houston while Carlos Beltran also homered and drove in three runs.
Neither pitcher provides a lot of confidence in a bet for tonight’s game, but I think the Houston lineup is the one I trust more. The Red Sox managed a win this weekend despite scoring just three runs in two games. I think they will need more than that today to win. Price has shown some flashes of his old self, but he hasn’t been able to string it together for multiple innings. He can’t afford that against these Houston bats. I like the Astros to power their way to another win.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: HOUSTON ASTROS -120