4% Rotation #973: MLB Saturday 4% OVER 8 in Houston Astros vs Arizona Diamondbacks @ 4:10 ET - The Diamondbacks have been very good to me this season and I like getting involved with them in a spot like this when they are off B2B low-scoring losses including a shutout loss in most recent game! The Diamondbacks had previously won 28 of 39 games and scored an average of 7 runs per game over this 39-game stretch! This is a match-up of southpaw starters and Arizona is hitting .279 against lefties this season which is #1 in the majors and the Astros are hitting .258 against left-handers this season which is #3 in the American League. Arizona got to Yusei Kikuchi for 7 earned runs in less than 5 innings when they faced him back in July. Houston should also hammer Eduardo Rodriguez here. The Dbacks lefty has allowed 24 hits in 19.1 innings over his last 4 starts. Also, Rodriguez has allowed 8 earned runs in his last 2 starts spanning just 9.1 innings. Before these B2B low-scoring losses for the Dbacks, 28 of 36 Arizona games had totaled 9 or more runs. Also, the Diamondbacks bullpen ERA ranks 13th of 15 teams in the National League. Look for runs early, often and throughout this game! Kikuchi struck out 12 in his most recent start but threw 101 pitches. This season, when Kikuchi has thrown 100 or more pitches in a start, his next start has seen him allow a combined 15 earned runs in 21.1 innings. Ironically one of those starts was against Arizona and I expect a repeat of this type of trouble here for the lefty for the Astros. 4% OVER 8 in Houston