Miami at Houston

Oddsmakers continue to treat this Houston team as if this were 2011, a season in which the Astros finished with a brutal 106 losses. Despite their 10-7 mark at home through 17 games this season, Houston has been posted as a favorite in just one of them. Here we go again, getting a much better team at sizeable dog odds at home where they are winning just about 60% of the time. Miami has put a lot of payroll into making and building a contender, but unless they start swinging the bats on the road it is not going to pay dividends. The Marlin offense has mustered all of 39 runs in their last 15 on the road at 2.6 a contest and that isn't going to get it done, nor does it justify a large favorite roll here. Play on Houston.