Cleveland Guardians (18-20) vs. Houston Astros (27-16)
May 24, 2022 8:10 pm EDT
The Line: Houston Astros -213 / Cleveland Guardians +171; Over/Under: +8
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The Cleveland Guardians and Houston Astros meet Tuesday in MLB action at Minute Maid Park. The Cleveland Guardians need a win after losing six of their last nine games. The Houston Astros look for a win after splitting their last 10 games.
The Cleveland Guardians have scored 14 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in four of their last eight games. The Guardians have won seven of their last nine games when scoring four or more runs. Jose Ramirez leads the Guardians with 41 hits and 41 RBI, while Myles Straw and Amed Rosario have combined for 68 hits and 16 RBI. Zach Plesac gets the ball, and he is 1-3 with a 4.42 ERA and 23 strikeouts this season. This will be Plesac’s second career game against the Astros.
The Houston Astros have scored eight runs in their last three games and three or fewer runs in five of their last eight games. The Astros have lost four of their last five games when scoring three or fewer runs. Michael Brantley leads the Astros with 40 hits and 15 RBI, while Jeremy Pena and Kyle Tucker have combined for 72 hits and 48 RBI. Framber Valdez gets the ball, and he is 3-2 with a 2.68 ERA and 39 strikeouts this season. Valdez is 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA and 8 strikeouts in his career against the Guardians.
The Guardians are 1-4 in their last 5 Tuesday games and 1-4 in their last 5 overall. The Astros are 40-19 in their last 59 home games and 20-6 in their last 26 overall. The under is 5-1 in Guardians last 6 overall. The under is 36-14-1 in Astros last 51 overall. The Guardians are 1-4 in the last 5 meetings in Houston and 1-7 in the last 8 meetings.
The Cleveland Guardians are having a rough week or so, and now they’re throwing out Zach Plesac, who has allowed 16 hits and 10 earned runs in his last 17.1 innings. Framber Valdez has been great all season, allowing 40 hits and 14 earned runs through 47 innings. The Houston Astros offense also isn’t going to stay down forever. With the pitching edge and hoe field, give me the Astros and the RL for max betting value.
