Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 53-43 Houston Astros play host to the 42-53 Boston Red Sox tonight in MLB action on the grass of Minute Maid Park, July 23, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Red Sox +139/Astros -149
O/U Total: 7.5
Pitching Matchup
Wade Miley (L) W/L 8-8 WHIP 1.37 ERA 4.49
Lance McCullers (R) W/L 4-3 WHIP 1.10 ERA 2.52
Houston defeated Boston 4-2 last night. They are 4-1 on their homestand and 32-17 at home in 2015. The Red Sox are 0-6 on their road trip and have dropped 7 games in a row. They are 20-30 on the road this season.
The Astros lead the season series 3-2 and have a 5-3 edge in the last 8 contests between these two clubs.
Miley was stellar in his last start, a no decision in a 1-0 loss at the Angels. He threw 7 innings, allowed 0 runs, 1 hit and had 6 Ks. It was his 10th Q start of the year.
McCullers was a 4-3 loser at Tampa Bay in his last outing. He yielded 4 runs over 6 innings. He has 5 Q starts this season in 11 games.
No Boston hitters have more than 3 ABs vs. McCullers. C Ryan Hanigan is 2-2 with an RBI while 3B Pablo Sandoval is also 2-2. As a team, the Red Sox are 7-19 (.368) against the young right-hander but have produced only 1 run off of him.
No Houston hitters have more than 9 ABs against Miley. 1B Jon Singleton is 1-2 (.500) with a HR and 2 RBIs while DH Evan Gattis is 3-5 (.600) with an RBI. 2B Jose Altuve is 5-9 (.555) against the left-hander but the 4 remaining hitters are a combined 1-12 (.092).
Boston at Houston Betting Trends
The Red Sox are 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games.
Boston is 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games against Houston.
The game total has gone over in 5 of Boston’s last 7 road games against Houston.
The Astros are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
Houston is 7-15 straight up in their last 22 games against Boston.
Injury Report
BOSTON RED SOX
Clay Buchholz P 15-Day Disabled List
Heath Hembree P 15-Day Disabled List
Anthony Varvaro P 60-Day Disabled List
Christian Vazquez 60-Day Disabled List
Brandon Workman P 60-Day Disabled List
HOUSTON ASTROS
Samuel Deduno P 15-Day Disabled List
Jed Lowrie SS 60-Day Disabled List
Brad Peacock P 60-Day Disabled List
George Springer OF 15-Day Disabled List
Consensus Betting (ATS)
Boston: 27%
Houston: 73%
Free MLB Pick
Boston starter Wade Miley hasn’t started against the Astros since season but gave up four runs in five innings in his only start last season against them. Lance McCullers has poor overall historical stats against the Bosox roster, but he did pitch okay earlier this season at Fenway holding the Red Sox batters to one run in five innings. Boston’s bats have gone cold failing to surpass three runs in a game for six straight matches making a play on Houston the logical play in this spot.
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