While the Astros went with regular starters today, the Padres will run with a depleted lineup that's missing Tatis and Machado. Matt Waldron pitches for San Diego and while he's found success with his knuckleball, his other pitches have been rocked. Waldron's ERA was 8.44 at Triple A last year and 7.31 this year. Expect Houston's bats to follow the trend, as they have been MLB's best offense for a few weeks now. JP France has been good overall for the Astros this season (3.72 ERA) but could use a bounce back performance after allowing five runs last time. Houston's bullpen worked a lot last night but basically had the two prior days off, so they should be good to go behind France.

San Diego is resting both Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado. Nothing else to say. All the key Astros are in.

These two teams have split the first two games of this series. The Astros have a starting pitching advantage Sunday, with J.P. France facing off against Matt Waldron. France doesn’t record a ton of strikeouts, but he still has a 3.72 ERA and a 1.31 WHIP. After posting a 7.31 ERA and a 1.61 WHIP at Triple-A, Waldron has a 5.12 ERA and a 1.29 WHIP over four appearances with the Padres. Combine that with the Padres only having a 28-40 record on the road and I’m rolling with the Astros.