4%  (968) HOUSTON -0.5 RUN 1st 5 INNINGS -145  RISK 4 UNITS to WIN 2.75 UNITS

Oakland sends Joey Estes to the mound and he has been a nightmare when pitching on the road. In 10 road starts his ERA is 7.04 and his WHIP is 1.47. Oakland has gone 2-8 in those 10 starts. Houston will counter with Hunter Brown who has been razor sharp in his L4 starts. He has allowed just 2 runs over his L25 innings of work. I expect another strong outing from him here as the A’s have been struggling to score runs as prior to scoring 4 runs last night the Tigers held them to 1 run in back to back games. The Astros have scored 28 runs in their last4 games. Let’s take the bullpens out of the equation and make this a 1st 5 Inning wager.

TAKE HOUSTON -0.5 RUN 1st 5 INNINGS as my 4% AL GAME OF THE WEEK