Houston at Oakland

The career of Justin Verlander did not look good when he started to lose velocity off his 100 MPH fastball. It appeared that his dominance was coming to an end. The real story was he was dealing with some arm issues, and those are behind him now. Since being traded to Houston, just ahead of the trade deadline last year, he is 18-6. Houston has dominated opponents behind Verlander with the average game score 4.46 to 1.96. This season opponents have scored 1 run or less in half of his 14 starts in the season. Verlander is 9-2 in his last 11 starts vs. the A's, and he has shut them out three times. The Astros are now 13-0 in the last game of a series coming off a win where they never trailed. Make the play on Houston.