Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Houston Astros Showdown

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00:00Head out to the desert.

00:00The Arizona Diamondbacks, a home favorite today

00:03against the Houston Astros,

00:04who lost the weekend against the Mariners.

00:07Houston, 24-8 since the start of June,

00:10entering the final week before the All-Star break.

00:13They lost five of six, now two of three over the weekend.

00:16They have dropped seven of their last nine games.

00:19The D-backs, a sweep at home against the Cardinals.

00:22Can they continue that today?

00:24Booked as a favorite in downtown Phoenix.

00:27Total eight and a half.

00:28What's the play between the D-backs and the Strohs

00:30on this Monday evening?

00:32Zach Allen hasn't been very good,

00:34but Colton Gordon's on the mound.

00:35You take a look at his 226 innings pitch,

00:37excuse me, 226 batters he's faced on the season, Ben.

00:40An ISO against 209, weighted on base percentage of 359.

00:43Now he's usually pretty good against left-handed batters,

00:45which again, he's a left-handed pitcher,

00:47but not so good against right-handed batters.

00:49You have a lot of switch hitters in the lineup tonight

00:51for those Diamondbacks,

00:52but you take a look at the ISO power numbers

00:54over the past month against lefties.

00:55Quetel Marte, 318, Corbin Carroll, 250,

00:58Eugenio Suarez, 833, Naylor, 235,

01:03Gritchuk, 435, Alec Thomas, 222.

01:06Let the Bats eat tonight.

01:08I'm going to say that the Arizona Diamondbacks

01:10staying home after a team traveling on the road

01:12with Houston now,

01:13I'm going to give them the advantage tonight.

01:15Gallon hasn't been great,

01:16but I trust him more from Colton Gordon,

01:17and I'll lay it with the D-backs tonight.

01:19Why not?

01:19What are all things?

01:32What are the reasons?

01:39What are the reasons?