A's vs. Astros: Hunter Brown Takes the Mound for Houston

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00:00We would expect the Astros to stack up a win today at home in H-Town.

00:04They're taking on the A's, not necessarily a shot at the Athletics.

00:09It's more about the starter for Houston.

00:11Hunter Brown has been otherworldly this year for the Stros.

00:15They are greater than a $2 minus money favorite.

00:17Minus $2.20 is that money line number.

00:20Will it be another stellar outing for Hunter Brown in Houston?

00:23I think it probably will, and also leaning more towards the under than an over,

00:26which is like, hey, what are you doing with the Athletics here?

00:27We're not actually playing in Sacramento.

00:29We're playing in Houston.

00:30That roof will be closed, so the 85-degree temperature is probably not going to feel that here.

00:33But take a look at the last 30 days for Hunter Brown.

00:35An 067 ISO and a weighted-on-base percentage of 226.

00:39Now, there are some good batters in that lineup here for Oakland, or excuse me, for Sacramento,

00:42but that's not really going to play into it for me.

00:45Now, let's flip to the other side here because the lineup for the Houston Astros

00:48against right-handed pitchers is really starting to play better.

00:51But today, J.P. Sears is a left-handed pitcher.

00:54Him over the past 30 days.

00:55How about 86 batters faced and a 111 ISO and a weighted-on-base percentage of 278?

00:59He's not a big strikeout guy but doesn't give too many free passes.

01:03You look at the lineup today.

01:03Isak Paredes is knocking the cover off the baseball against lefties.

01:07But again, only 11 at-bats in the past 30 days.

01:10They really haven't faced many lefties.

01:11And by the way, the most at-bats in the lineup is 16 with Yainer Diaz, the catcher on this lineup.

01:16So it's not as if we can go backlogging 30, 40, 50, 60 at-bats,

01:19typically like you have against right-handed pitching.

01:21They just haven't seen many lefties.

01:22And that usually can catch you off guard maybe a time or two through the rotation.

01:26But if I'm looking at this game, I do think Houston wins it.

01:28I don't know if I want to pay the price.

01:29But I do think this game stays under the total because both of these pitchers should have pretty solid nights here.

01:34Yeah.

01:34And that's good.

01:47Yeah.

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