Houston has scored 24 runs the past two nights and owns an MLB-best .839 OPS against left-handed pitching. Athletics starter Jacob Lopez, a southpaw, has been stellar in his last two outings but even if he stays hot he has MLB's worst bullpen (6.13 ERA) behind him. Astros rookie Colton Gordon held down the Twins and Guardians in his last two outings and has walked just four batters in 30.2 innings. Back Houston to win for the eighth time in its last nine games.

We set this line right at the consensus at +265, so you are getting good value by playing this on FanDuel. Rooker is hitting .328 against LHPs this season with a 1.082 OPS and gets to face a rookie southpaw in home-run hitting conditions. Colton Gordon has given up multiple home runs in two of his last three starts (both at home). All six of his HRs allowed were against right-handed batters, who are hitting .308 with a .901 OPS against him.

Big scorelines are back in Sacramento as Sutter Health Park is again living up to its reputation as a hitter's park in the first two games of this series. Lots of runs--31, to be exact--have been scored the past two nights with Houston providing most of the fireworks, scoring 24 of those runs. That's nothing new, as the Astros have been scoring runs in bunches in this current 7-1 surge, four times hitting for ten runs or more in this stretch. It might be asking a lot of A's starter Jacob Lopez to keep the Houston bats at bay, and goodness knows the A's bullpen hasn't helped much the past two nights. Play Astros-A's Over

Last night the Houston Astros lineup had several bats erupt en route to eleven runs. One main bat that did not contribute was Isaac Parades, who went 0 for 4. Expect that to be short lived as Paredes had a multi hit game Tuesday, and gets to see left handed pitcher Jacob Lopez. Take Paredes over on his total bases.