Kansas City at Houston

Houston took three of four from Seattle and leads the AL West by 3 1/2 games, and the Astros won't take the Royals lightly as Kansas City won three of four against Houston last week. Zack Greinke is 11-3 with a 3.43 ERA and has allowed only four runs his last three starts covering 19 innings, including one run on five hits in six innings against the Royals on Wednesday. Daniel Lynch has a 6.11 ERA with a .280 opponent batting average in six night games this season. The Royals are 20-54 their past 74 games versus AL West teams and 17-35 their past 52 road games overall. Houston is 44-17 its past 61 home games against left-handed starters and 84-35 in the first game of a series. Play the Astros.