Houston at Cincinnati

The Reds have now lost four straight and send Matt Belisle to the mound. Belisle hasn't exactly been a stopper for the Reds. The Reds have been 3-10 in his last 13 starts following a loss and are just 8-16 in his last 24 starts, even though the Reds have scored 5.5-runs per game (RPG) in those starts! Belisle has yielded four+ runs in 15 of his last 22 starts, and that doesn't bode well here. Wandy Rodriguez has not had a great season, but the Astros have won four of his last five starts, and his last game was a gem, allowing a single run over eight innings. The Astros are finishing strong having gone 7-4 over their last 11, scoring seven runs a game in the process. The formula to beat the Reds all season has been to start a LHP, where the Reds are just 23-34, and the second worst team in all of baseball against LHP. We will ride the Astros who are 7-1 in Cincinnati this season, to the sweep.