Tampa Bay at Houston

There isn't a lot of positive things to say about a Houston team that dropped 213 games over the last two years, and enter this contest at 30-52. That is until their last 30 games, where Houston has played .500 baseball at 15-15. The pitching has really come around for this team as they have held 16 of their last 19 opponents to four runs or less, so the plus side of the run line certainly takes on some value here, especially facing a Tampa team off a big emotional home series vs. Detroit. Tampa's offense has struggled over their last 16 games where they have produced just 3.16 runs a contest. That puts them in a troublesome spot facing the negative side of the run line as well. Make the play on Houston on the run line.