Cajun Sports MLB 2* Complimentary Selection -Friday
Date/Time: Friday April 24 / 8:05PM EST
Sport/Type: MLB / Side
Game: Milwaukee Brewers @ Houston Astros
Graded Selection: 2* Houston Astros +100
Analysis:
Minute Maid Park will be the site of tonight’s National League battle between the host Houston Astros and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers. This is not one of the Brewers favorite places to play having posted a record of 21-44 their last 65 trips to Houston. The Brewers are 5-15 on the road overall their last 20, 4-10 their last 14 on the road versus right-handed starters and 6-20 their last 26 when facing a starter with a WHIP of 1.15 or less. Milwaukee will send right-hander Yovani Gallardo to the bump with his 1-1 record and ERA of 4.58 on the season. Brewers are 0-4 in his last four trips to the bump during game one of a series, 1-4 his last five starts when installed as a favorite of -110 to -150 and 3-7 his last 10 starts overall. Houston will send Felipe Paulino to the hill with his 0-0 record and an ERA of 0.00 in one start this season which was a home loss to the Reds 4 to 2. The Astros are 25-12 their last 37 home games overall. Houston is 22-16 versus a starting pitcher who gives up 5.5 or less hits per start the last 2 seasons and 27-16 versus a starting pitcher who strikes out 5 or more batters per start the last 2 seasons. Comparing their Home/Away splits Houston averages 1.30 more runs at home while Milwaukee is -2.00 runs on the highway. The Brewers are only managing to average 3.2 runs per game when playing on the road with a batting average of .234. Their bullpen has struggled as well with an ERA of 5.47 and a WHIP of 2.108. Houston has been a little more efficient scoring 4.2 runs per game with a batting average of .291 and an OBP of .364. The Astros bullpen has an ERA of 4.35 at home with a WHIP of 1.290. We are going to back the home underdog here as the Houston Astros grab game one of this three-game set.