Boston at Houston

The Boston Red Sox and their deep pitching, and lineup were supposed to be the team to beat in the AL, with Houston not far behind. Houston has been the more impressive team at 45-23, and have been outscoring opponents by better than a run and a half per contest. Boston had not gotten the consistent pitching they expected, and the power has simply not been there for the Red Sox through better than 60 games. Boston was 25-9 when Porcello started last season, winning by a staggering three runs per game, but this season they have struggled to a 6-8 mark in his starts, and have averaged losing by .5 runs per contest, or -3.5 runs per game year over year. That is not a good situation against the best there is in the AL on the road at basically even money. Make the play on Houston.