Houston Astros at Oakland Athletics Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 49-62 Oakland Athletics play host to the 61-50 Houston Astros today in MLB action on the grass of O.co Coliseum, August 8, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 4:05PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Astros -124/Athletics +114
O/U Total: 7.5
Pitching Matchup
Collin McHugh (R) W/L 13-5 WHIP 1.32 ERA 4.27
Jesse Chavez (R) W/L 5-11 WHIP 1.31 ERA 3.88
Oakland defeated Houston 3-1 last night behind a complete game win by P Sonny Gray. They are 4-5 on their homestand and 4-6 in their last 10 games. The Astros are 1-4 on their road trip.
Houston leads their AL West rivals 7-2 in the last 9 encounters in 2015.
McHugh earned his 4th-straight win in his last start, a 4-1 win over Arizona. He went 7 innings and allowed 1 run for his 14th Q start of the year.
Chavez was a 9-2 loser to Baltimore in his last outing. He yielded 6 runs in 3.2 innings and has 9 Q starts on the season.
Astros OF Carlos Gomez is 2-5 (.400) with an RBI against Chavez while C Jason Castro is 4-14 (.286) with a HR and 3 RBIs. 2B Jose Altuve is 5-16 (.312) vs. the right-hander with an RBI and a stolen base while DH Evan Gattis is 1-3 (.333).
No one on the A’s has more than 6 ABs vs. McHugh. 1B Ike Davis is 2-3 (.667) while OF Sam Fuld is 1-3 (.333). SS Marcus Semien is 1-2 (.500) vs. the right-hander while 3B Danny Valencia is 1-3 (.333). The 7 other players who have faced McHugh before are a combined 2-18 (.071) with no HRs, RBIs or SBs.
Houston at Oakland Betting Trends
Houston is 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games overall.
The Astros are 7-2 straight up in their last 9 games against Oakland.
The game total has gone over in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games on the road in Oakland.
The Athletics are 5-10 straight up in their last 15 games overall.
Oakland is 2-7 straight up in their last 9 games against Houston.
Injury Report
HOUSTON ASTROS
Samuel Deduno P 60-Day Disabled List
Brad Peacock P 60-Day Disabled List
George Springer OF 15-Day Disabled List
OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Sean Doolittle P 60-Day Disabled List
Jesse Hahn P 15-Day Disabled List
Tyler Ladendorf 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Jarrod Parker P 15-Day Disabled List
Taylor Thompson P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Betting (Moneyline)
Houston: 87%
Oakland: 13%
Free MLB Pick
Oakland won the first two in this matchup in 2015, but Houston has won seven of the next nine and are our play here. The Astros couldn’t figure out Sonny Gray last night resulting in a 3-1 loss but they face much easier today in Jesse Chavez. Chavez has a decent ERA of 3.12 at home this season but is only 3-5 in his nine starts. He has made four career starts against the Astros with all coming last season. Oakland got victories in his first three, but he ripped for six runs in 5 1/3 innings in his last effort against them. Colin McHugh gets the call for Houston and he comes into the game with some solid recent road games under his belt allowing three or less earned runs in four straight getting the Q start in three of them. He hasn’t started against Oakland at the O.co Coliseum, but has two career home starts against them pitching a combined 14 1/3 innings allowing two runs, striking out 18 while walking just three batters. Lay the money.
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