Houston at Kansas City

Mighty Houston looks road weary, losing two in a row as chalk, and playing its 10th straight road game. Houston dropped a 7-5 decision on Wednesday and has allowed 16 runs the last two contests. Astros young righty Lance McCullers is just 5-9 with a 4.49 ERA in 22 career road starts. Kansas City has a winning home record and has won four of six, cashing all four times as a dog. Royals starter Jason Hammel held Cleveland to three runs over 6 2/3 innings on Saturday. Hammel is holding foes to a .220 average (11-for-50) with runners in scoring position for the year and has limited opponents to a .143 average with RISP in his past three starts. Kansas City is 8-3 at home against a right-handed starter and has taken five of the last seven against Houston. Playing against AL road teams that are allowing 3.9 or fewer runs per game on the season after allowing seven runs or more in two straight games has cashed at a 38-15 clip. Back Kansas City.