A rare opportunity for me to play -1 on here so will certainly take it as Houston remains without two of its best hitters in Jeremy Pena and Yordan Alvarez. It's always tricky, it seems, for teams to play the next night after spending a series at Coors Field, which the Astros just did. Can't say I love Dodgers starting pitcher Ben Casparius, although he might follow an opener. That just won't be Shohei Ohtani like last time as Ohtani is scheduled for Saturday. But Houston's Lance McCullers Jr. has been hammered for 12 runs over 8.1 innings in losing his past two. Mookie Betts has fabulous splits off him.