Orioles lefty Cade Povich has been a better pitcher since returning this month from a hip injury. In three outings spanning 16.2 innings, Povich has fanned 22 batters while posting a more respectable 4.32 ERA. He's facing an Astros lineup that has struck out at the sixth-highest rate vs. left-handers over the past 30 days. Last Saturday, Povich entered in a bulk relief role at Houston and struck out 10 over five innings.

FanDuel at -145. In what’s turned into a lost season for the Orioles, the primary focus for the rest of the season will be to see what they have with their young talent. Enter Cade Povich, who has looked decent in his three outings back from injury. Overall, he’s recorded a 4.53 ERA with 61 strikeouts in 45.2 innings over his last nine outings, which includes 10 K’s in bulk relief against the Astros last week. He’s cleared this line in each of his last eight extended outings. Houston has a 25.5% K% over the last month versus lefties.

The Astros finally relocated their offense last night and rolled to victory in the series opener while avenging O's starter Brandon Young, who came near a perfect game last Friday vs. Houston. Making a return to active duty tonight for the Astros is Lance McCullers, one of the few holdovers from the first Houston World Series winner in 2017 and having missed the last month due to a finger injury. We suspect he'll get some runs to work with against PO's starter Cade Povich, who returned to the rotation in August after a near two-month absence but whose ERA has hovered near 5 all season, not to mention the Birds losing in eight of his last ten starts. Play Astros on the Money Line.