Oakland at Houston

Houston has hit its stride winning five in a row and eight of nine following Friday's 5-1 win over Oakland when Kyle Tucker hit a two-run homer and an RBI double for the Astros, who are times behind Texas in the AL Central. The Athletics, of course, have the worst record by far in the majors and they are 5-16 on the road and Houston has won seven of the past eight meetings. Hunter Brown is 4-1 with a 3.43 ERA for the Astros and in his two day games this season he has allowed only three earned runs in 12 2/3 innings. JP Sears is 0-3 with a 5.27 ERA and Oakland has lost his past four starts. THe Athletics have gone UNDER five straight versus right-handed starters and the UNDER is 33-16-2 in Houston's past 51 games after giving up fewer than two runs its previous game. The Athletics have stayed UNDER four of six overall and have scored more than three runs once in those six games and Houston has stayed UNDER six of its past nine games. Take the Astros as a Max Play and the UNDER.