Tampa Bay has a losing road record and plays its sixth straight road game. Starter Chris Archer has a 4.15 ERA on the road and faces a Houston team that is tops in baseball in runs scored. The Rays are 5-16 when Archer is on the road against a team with a winning record. Houston is on a 65-32 run, 54-22 against a right-handed starter. Astros starter Mike Fiers has posted ERAs under 3.00 in each of the last two months and has been better at home with a 2.85 mark. The Astros are 17-8 in Fiers' last 25 home starts. Tampa Bay is 22-46 on the road against a team with a winning record, while Houston is 36-15 vs. a team with a poor bullpen, whose ERA is 4.20 or worse. Play Houston.
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MLB
Tampa Bay at Houston
August 1, 2017
8:10 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Houston -104 (moneyline) (risk 1.5 to return 2.94)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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