Pittsburgh at Houston

The Pittsburgh Pirates have turned the corner, and the first place that shows up is at home with a young and upcoming team. They are still plagued by road woes where they are 23-26 on the season. Jeff Karstens epitomizes that for the Pirates. He has pitched to a 0.43 ERA at home, but when he has taken the ball on the road he is a completely different pitcher with an ERA of 6.12. The Pirates have managed 23 wins on the road, but considering that seven of those came by 1 run, they would only be 16-33 on the road facing a -1.5 runline. Houston has been 24-25 at home this season which is a vast improvement from a year ago. The Pirates are also battling a 66-140 mark on the road vs. a righthander, and have never played well here at 29-68 in their last 97. Play Houston on the runline.