Houston at Kansas City

The Houston Astros went on a surprising six game winning streak, but things have gone back to reality for this club. Houston has since lost three of their last four. Bad teams always have a good run or two over the course of a long 162-game season, but then seem to quickly slide back to the norm. The norm for this team includes losing 213 games over the last two seasons, and are on pace to do so again this year. The Royals have awakened after a 3-15 stretch to win their last three. Despite the 18-game horror show, this team is still just six games under .500, and much improved over a year ago. Houston is a woeful 40-109 in their last 149 games as a road dog, and has lost four of their last five in Kansas City. Make the play on Kansas City in this one.