Larry jumped this total in the morning when it was still 7.5 and that looks great -- I decided to wait on whether Mike Trout would play, and he won't so now I'm also leaning Under and will probably buy up to 7.5 to avoid a possible push. Shohei Ohtani is on the mound and has allowed one earned run in his past five starts with a 28.2-inning scoreless streak. No Yordan Alvarez or Michael Brantley, remember, for Houston. The Astros' Cristian Javier has a 0.73 ERA in 12.1 innings this year vs. the Halos. Really tough to see either side scoring more than three runs unless it's against the bullpen. I DESERVE this total win after the abomination that was the bottom of the ninth in the Mariners-Nationals DH opener this afternoon. Still cleaning regurgitated Ramen noodle off my keyboard.

This Under is juiced to -125 for good reason. It could fall to 7 with Shohei Ohtani facing Cristian Javier. Ohtani has not allowed a run in 28.2 innings, and each of his last six games has produced seven or fewer runs. Javier just dominated the Angels on July 1, striking out 14 while allowing one run (a solo homer) over seven innings. Current Angels are batting .122 against him (8 of 48). And over his last five starts, Javier has yielded a total of nine earned runs.