Oakland Athletics (86-75) vs. Houston Astros (94-67)
October 3, 2021 3:10 pm EDT
The Line: Houston Astros -200 / Oakland Athletics +145; Over/Under: -9.5
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The Oakland Athletics and Houston Astros meet Sunday in MLB action at Minute Maid Park. The Athletics need a win after losing four of their last five games. The Astros look for a win after splitting their last six games.
The Oakland Athletics have scored 14 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last nine games. The Athletics have won six of their last nine games when scoring four or more runs. Matt Olson leads the Athletics with 153 hits and 111 RBI while Elvis Andrus and Mark Canha have combined for 241 hits and 98 RBI. Cole Irvin gets the ball, and he is 10-15 with a 4.18 ERA and 121 strikeouts this season. Irvin is 0-3 with a 7.98 ERA and six strikeouts in his career against the Astros.
The Houston Astros have scored 19 runs in their last three games and three or less runs in six of their last nine games. The Astros have lost five of their last six games when scoring three or less runs. Yuli Gurriel leads the Astros with 168 hits and 80 RBI while Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa have combined for 319 hits and 173 RBI. Jose Urquidy gets the ball, and he is 8-3 with a 3.56 ERA and 87 strikeouts this season. Urquidy is 0-2 with a 3.80 ERA and 23 strikeouts in his career against the Athletics.
The Astros are 5-1 in their last 6 during game 3 of a series and 2-6 in their last 8 overall. The under is 10-4-1 in Athletics last 15 overall. The under is 5-1 in Astros last 6 overall. The over is 13-6 in the last 19 meetings.
There should be a lot of scoring in this contest when you consider Irvin has allowed 34 hits and 18 earned runs in his last 23.1 innings. Urquidy has been more consistent, but he’s coming off a month where he allowed 21 hits and 11 runs in his last 23.2 innings. Astros are hitting .288 with three homers against Irvin in just 57 at bats. Give me the over on the total.
