Wednesday, May 4
It's hard to believe, but the Astros haven't won two games in a row all season. I see that streak ending here, though, in a pitching matchup of Phil Hughes versus Mike Fiers.
Pitching at Houston's Minute Maid Park is not a good fit for Hughes, a fly ball pitcher. He has a 7.71 career ERA versus the Astros in two outings. Minnesota has lost during Hughes' past five road starts.
The Twins have the worst record in the American League and have won just two of their 13 road games.
Fiers is coming around after a slow start. He held the A's to two runs in seven innings during his last start this past Friday. Fiers has a 1.65 career ERA against Minnesota in five appearances.
The Astros' defense and outfield depth received a boost with Carlos Gomez back in the lineup. He returned in the Astros' 6-4 Tuesday victory after missing three games with rib cage soreness and hit a pair of doubles.
I went 1-2 on my baseball plays on Tuesday cashing a Double Star on the Padres and losing Single Stars on the Diamondbacks and Angels, both of whom blew leads of three or more runs. I've been more fortunate on my NHL and NBA. I am 81-50 on my last 131 premium and free NBA plays for 62 percent and 41-23-7 on my last 71 premium and free hockey plays for 64 percent. I have won 80 percent of my Stanley Cup Triple Stars plays, including a five-goal winner with the Blues last night. I have my strongest play of the Stanley Cup playoffs going today in the Capitals-Penguins game. All of my plays and packages can be found here: /pregamepros/pro-bettor/bettor.aspx?id=7746#capper.
As always, let's have no bad beats!