The San Francisco Giants and the Houston Astros will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at MinuteMaidPark.
The Giants will give the ball to starter JonathanSanchez in this one. LefthanderSanchez is 4-9 this season with a 5.02 ERA.
The Astros will counter Sanchez with FelipePaulino. RighthanderPaulino has a 5.80 ERA to go along with a 1-5 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Astros listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
KazMatsui smashed a two-run big fly to lead the Astros past the Giants 4-3 on Monday night.
Houston won as +130 home underdogs as the game played UNDER the 8-run total posted by sportsbooks.
CarlosLee was 3-for-4 with a run batted in for the Astros, while MikeHampton allowed only one earned run over six innings to earn the win for Houston.
PabloSandoval went 3-for-5 with an RBI for San Francisco, as MattCain gave up four runs over eight innings to take the loss for the Giants.
Current streak: Houston has won 2 straight games.
Team records: San Francisco: 58-48 SU Houston: 53-53 SU
San Francisco most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 4-6 Before playing Houston are 5-5 After playing Houston are 3-7 After a loss are 5-5
Houston most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 3-7 Before playing San Francisco are 7-3 After playing San Francisco are 7-3 After a win are 6-4
A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco’s last 6 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Francisco’s last 9 games San Francisco is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Houston Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Francisco The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games Houston is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing San Francisco Houston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home
Next up: Houston home to San Francisco, Wednesday, August 5
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