Athletics vs. Astros Odds & Betting Predictions - September 13, 2023

Athletics at Astros

12:10 am • SportsNet SW

Oakland Athletics

0-0

6 - 2

Houston Astros

0-2

pitcher		team	era	w-l
J.Verlander			3.31	7-3
J.Sears			4.54	5-14

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Athletics 0-0	+1.5+130	o8.5-109	+262
Astros 0-2	-1.5-156	u8.5-111	-345

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September 13, 2023

Minute Maid ParkHouston

Under 8.5-104

J.Verlander u2.5 Earned Runs-145

1.45u

J.Verlander u1.5 BB+100

MGM. Verlander is under this line in 8/12 home games (incl 3/3 at Minute Maid, and was under in 13/15 last season). And over the last month, OAK’s 6.9% walk rate vs righties is 5th lowest. It’s a bad lineup, and he’s going to pound the zone

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Athletics have struck out 24% since last season -- tied for sixth-highest in MLB. Astros have a strikeout rate of 25% since last season -- second-highest in MLB.

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The Athletics have scored just 2.0 runs per game in the first five innings since last season -- lowest in MLB (306 games). The Astros have allowed just 2.0 runs per game in the first five innings since last season -- lowest in MLB (307 games).

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The Astros are 82-62 (.569) this season -- 5th best in MLB; League Avg: .500.

The Athletics are just 9-16 (.360) when tied entering the 8th inning this season -- 4th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .500.

The Astros are 38-12 (.760) when they've hit 2 or more home runs this season -- 5th best in MLB; League Avg: .688.

Tony Kemp is slugging just .323 since last season -- second worst in MLB-- first Percentile. Justin Verlander has allowed a SLG of just .259 vs left-handed batters since last season -- best among starting pitchers with at least 122 total IP-- 100th Percentile.

Tony Kemp has an OPS of just .631 since last season -- third worst in MLB-- second Percentile. Ryan Pressly has allowed an OPS of just .564 (418 PAs) since last season -- 10th best among qualified RPs-- 94th Percentile.

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MLB Public Betting

Astros are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Astros are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Astros are 41-39 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Astros' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 37 of Astros' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Astros	81-80	40-41	41-39	56-60	23-19
Athletics	86-76	44-37	42-39	9-12	76-64

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Astros	65-91-5	37-41-3	28-50-2	45-66-5	18-24
Athletics	78-83-1	39-42	39-41-1	10-11	68-71-1

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Astros	88-73	46-35	42-38	66-50	20-22
Athletics	69-93	38-43	31-50	13-8	55-85

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Sep 12th	OAK	L 0-4	-1.5 L	U 9	OAK -295
Sep 10th	SD	W 12-2	-1.5 W	O 10	HOU -185
Sep 9th	SD	W 7-5	-1.5 W	O 9	HOU -120
Sep 9th	SD	L 2-11	-1.5 L	O 8.5	SD -142
Sep 7th	@TEX	W 12-3	+1.5 W	O 8.5	HOU +115

Lance McCullers
P
McCullers is out with arm
Out
Cristian Javier
P
Javier is out with elbow
Out
Jose Urquidy
P
Urquidy is out with arm
Out
Luis Garcia
P
Garcia is out with elbow
Out

Miguel Andujar
OF
Andujar is out with abdominal
Out
Luis Medina
P
Medina is out with elbow
Out
Esteury Ruiz
OF
Ruiz is out with wrist
Out
Ken Waldichuk
P
Waldichuk is out with elbow
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
LJ.Sears, P	83	6	3	2
RL.Erceg, P	18	1	2	0
RD.Jimenez, P	13	1	2	0
RT. May, P	11	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1T. Kemp, LF	1-5	1	1	1
2Z.Gelof, 2B	2-5	2	0	0
3R.Noda, 1B	1-3	2	0	1
4S.Brown, RF	2-4	0	0	2
5S.Langeliers, C	1-4	1	1	2
6L.Butler, CF	0-3	0	0	0
6A.Diaz, PH	0-1	0	0	0
6E.Ruiz, CF	0-0	0	0	0
7J.Diaz, 3B	0-4	0	0	0
7K.Smith, 3B	0-0	0	0	0
8T.Soderstrom, DH	1-4	0	0	0
9N.Allen, SS	2-4	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RJ.Verlander, P	94	7	7	5
LP.Mushinski, P	11	0.1	0	1
RJ.Kuhnel, P	14	1.2	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI
1J.Altuve, 2B	1-4	1	0
2J.Pena, SS	1-4	0	1
3Y.Alvarez, DH	1-4	0	0
4A.Bregman, 3B	0-3	0	0
5K.Tucker, RF	0-4	0	1
6J.Abreu, 1B	0-4	0	0
7C.McCormick, LF	0-4	0	0
8M.Dubon, CF	2-3	1	0
9M.Maldonado, C	1-2	0	0