Houston at Minnesota

Houston has a winning road record playing red-hot baseball on an 11-2 run after a 5-0 win here yesterday. The Astros are 11-1 as a favorite, 11-0 when playing on natural grass, plus 77-35 versus the AL Central. Minnesota has cooled off, 3-3 over the last six games losing twice as chalk to Baltimore, 9-4 and 5-3. Despite being in first place, Minnesota has a losing record when Chris Archer starts. The Twins are also 35-45 after two or more straight home games and Houston has won five of the last six in this park. Play Houston.