St. Louis at Houston

St. Louis is playing its seventh consecutive road game and it had to use seven pitchers while defeating Philadelphia in 10 innings on Sunday night. The Cardinals will face Justin Verlander tonight and he allowed one run on three hits in seven innings his last outing against Seattle on Wednesday. Four Cardinal hitters have faced Verlander and they are a combined 5-for-33 for a .152 batting average with one homer. The Astros are 8-2 their past 10 games following a loss and they have a .265 batting average and .450 slugging percentage in 151 at-bats against St. Louis starter Kyle Gibson. Take the Astros as a Max Play.