Houston Astros vs. Athletics MLB Pick Prediction by Tony T.
Astros at Athletics 9:40 PM ET—Cristian Javier is starting for Houston. Javier started eight games with an ERA of 4.62 and WHIP of 1.27. The righty fanned 21.7% with 9.6% walks. Ground balls served at 29.9% with 0.73 home runs per nine innings. He faced the Angels in the opener allowing six runs with one strikeout in 4 2/3rd innings. Jeffrey Springs is starting for Athletics. Springs appeared in 32 games carrying an ERA of 4.11 with WHIP of 1.21. The lefthander struck out 19.4% with 7.6% walks. Ground balls were 41.2% with 1.47 home runs per nine innings. He faced the Blue Jays in the opener allowed two runs with two strikeouts in 5 1/3rd innings.