The Astros have won seven of their last eight, and two of three from the A’s in this AL West clash. The A’s are up by a half game going into Thursday. The wind is expected to be blowing at 13 mph in Oakland. The Astros have gone Over in their last five games and have lost five of Luis Garcia’s six starts. Houston averages 5.3 runs per game on the road and 6.9 runs over its last seven games. Over is the top play.

Luis Garcia is 1-3 with a 3.34 ERA this season and he finally picked up his first career win last start. However, Garcia is still yet to finish six innings this season and he has walked two batters in each of his last three starts. Cole Irvin is 3-4 with a 3.02 ERA this season and he hasn’t allowed more than three runs in a start since the beginning of the season when he faced the Astros. He has a 1.89 ERA in his last six outings. Irvin should get deeper in this game than Garcia and the Athletics have a better bullpen than the Astros. Take the Athletics at plus money.