Houston Astros (47-27) vs New York Yankees (56-20)
Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 6:10 pm
This is a play on the HOUSTON ASTROS for our MLB Game of the Week. The Yankees are coming off a home sweep over Oakland following a series split against Houston and hit the road to face the Astros in a one-game series that is a makeup from the early season lockout. What can you say about New York other than it has been one of the best all around teams in recent years through this many games. They are 10-6 on the road against teams with a winning record. Luis Severino has very similar numbers to those of Garcia and the Yankees have lost four of his last six starts, accounting for 20 percent of the total New York losses on the entire season, and the two wins came against the Tigers and Cubs at home which are a combined 58-91. The Astros are coming off a two-game sweep against the Mets on the road by a combined 11-1 score and they are back home where they are 20-11. Those 31 games are 12 games fewer than what they have played on the road so the schedule has been tough yet they have flourished. Houston is 18-9 over its last 27 games and 35-16 over its last 51 games so it too has been playing at a high level since a relatively average start to the season. The Astros send Luis Garcia to the hill and he has been very consistent with a 3.68 ERA and 1.07 WHIP through 13 starts and he has allowed three runs or less in 11 of those outings. Houston is 11-2 against the money line against teams outscoring opponents by 0.5 or more rpg this season. Here, we play against road teams batting .215 or worse over their last 15 games going up against an opponent with a starting pitcher whose WHIP is 1.00 over his last five starts. This situation is 63-19 (five) over the last five seasons. 10* (962) Houston Astros