Kansas City at Houston

The Houston Astros have won two of their last four games, but certainly this is still a team that is beneath the level of major league teams and will struggle to avoid their present pace of losing 110+ games. They lost 213 times over the previous two seasons and are apparently worse than those teams starting at 12-32. The upstart Royals have played even at 20-20, which is a quantum leap for a team that has been a loser for many years. Guthrie has surged in a Royal's uniform, and they are 16-5 in his last 21 starts, including 8-1 if they are off a loss in their last nine. Houston is mired in a 10-41 mark in their last 51 as a dog of +151 to +200. This dog has little bite, play on Kansas City.