The Houston Astros (76-🤪65) will look to Yordan Alvarez, who is coming off a two-homer game, to lead them in a matchup with the💝 Arizona Diamondbacks (79-63) Saturday at 4:10 p.m. ET on ARID. The Astros are -166 favorites for the contest, according to sportsbooks.
Yusei Kikuchi gets the starting nod for Houston while Eduardo Rodriguez is Arizona’s starter for the contest.
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Astros and Diamondbacks Betting Trends
The Astros have put together a 58-46 record in games they were favored on the moneyline🐠 (winning 55.8% of those games).
Houston has a record of 24-9 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -166 or shorterꦛ (72.7% winning percentage).
This season, the Diamondbacks have won 33 out of the 70 games, or 47.1%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Arizona is 3-7 this season wওhen entering a gam෴e as the underdog by +141 or more on the moneyline.
The Astros have combined with opponents to go over the total 56 times this season for aꦿ 56-80-5 record against the over/under.
The Diamondbacks and their opponent🃏s have hit the over in 81 of their 142 games with a total this season.
Astros Stats & Insights
The Astros are the 12tꦫh-highest scoring team in MLB play averaging 4.6 runs per game (☂644 total).
Houston is 11th in MLB actio🐟n with 167 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
The Astros rank third in MLB with a .260 b♋atting average.
🍎Houston strikes out 7.4 times per game to rank fourth in the majors.
The 9.3 🍌strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Astros pitching staff ranks sec♑ond in MLB.
Houston’s 3.68 team ERA ranks fifth among all MLB pitching staffs.
Diamondbacks Stats & Insights
The Diamondbacks have scored the most runs (765) in baseball so far th♛is year.
Arizona’s 177 home runs rank seventh in Major League Baseball.
The Di🍷amondbackౠs rank second in MLB with a .261 team batting average.
Arizona ranks seventh in MLB in strikeouts per game with an ave🌌rage of 7.8 Ks per contest.
The Diamondbacks average just 9.3 strikeouts per nine 💮innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in💧 the majors.
Arizona pitchers h⭕ave a combined ERA of 4.56 ERA this year, which ranks 27th in M🌞LB.
Astros Key Players to Watch
Kikuchi (7-9 with a 4.24 ERA and 177 strikeouts in 150 2/3 inni🥃ngs pitched) mak༺es the start for the Astros, his 29th of the season.
Alvarez leads Houston in batting av🧜erage (.310), home runs (32) and runs batted in (79) this season.
Jose Altuvꦜe has 166 hits and an OBP of .353 to go with a slugging percentage of .439 this season.
Alex Bregman has collected 132 ba𒈔se hits, an OBP of .315 and a slugging percentage of .444 this season.
Yainer Diaz has 149 hits and an OBP of .324 to go wಞith a slugging percentage of .450 this season.
Diamondbacks Key Players to Watch
The Diamondbacks will hand the ball to Rodriguez (2-1) for his sixth start of the se🔯ason.
Ketel Marte has put up a team-high batting averag🍰e of .296, and leads the Diamondbacks in h🅷ome runs (30).
Corbin C♊arroll is batting .231 with 19 doubles, 12 triples, 19 home runs and 60 walks.
Eugenio Suarez has collected a team-high 87 RBI.
Josh Bell has 22 doubles, t♋wo triples, 18 home runs and 48 walks while hitting .247.
Astros and Diamondbacks Injuries
Astros: Jose Urquidy: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Luis Garcia: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Oliver Ortega: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Cristian Javier: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Penn Murfee: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kendall 🔯Graveman: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Bennett Sousa: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), J.P. France: 60 Day ILไ (Undisclosed)
Diamondbacks: Gabriel Moreno: 10 Day IL (Abductor), Lourdes Gurriel Jr.: 10 Day IL (Calf), Bryce 🐟Jarvis: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kyle Nelson: 60 D🎃ay IL (Shoulder), Drey Jameson: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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