Oakland at Houston

Houston is on another hot streak, winning its fifth in a row 9-6 over the Athletics on Tuesday. Yordan Alvarez hit two homers and drove in five runs, and Jose Altuve drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the sixth as the Astros came back from a 6-2 deficit. Oakland has lost seven of its last 10 games overall and eight of 11 versus the Astros this season. Luis Garcia has been solid this season with a 3.14 ERA and .214 opponent batting average, including 2.58 and .210 at home. Garcia faced the Athletics once this year and allowed two runs on three hits in five innings. Sean Manaea gave up four runs on nine hits in five innings his last outing against Texas and he has given up nine runs in 16 2/3 innings vs. Houston this year. Take the Astros.