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00:02 - Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros,
00:05 Halk versus Verlander.
00:06 The Astros pick up a win yesterday,
00:08 looking to chase down the Texas Rangers in the AL West.
00:11 They're a favorite today at a minus 164 price
00:13 and a total that's listed at eight and a half.
00:16 Beat the Sox last night.
00:17 Are we looking to beat them again today, Mike?
00:19 - We talked about the Astros a lot earlier in the show
00:24 and how they're positioning themselves for potential to,
00:28 you know, they're the third shortest odds
00:31 in the entire league to win a World Series.
00:33 So while the Sox have played better as of late,
00:36 and Don, I don't know if you're in the same position
00:39 as I am, I'm a little surprised
00:41 how this Sox season has ended up.
00:43 I'm not saying that they've been great by any means,
00:45 but they're now seven games over 500,
00:48 and that was a team that we thought was dead back in May.
00:51 So they've battled through,
00:53 they've battled through having zero expectations,
00:58 not doing anything in the trade deadline
01:00 that made them anything better or worse than what they were.
01:03 They're just playing the season out,
01:05 but they have made some moves to try to bolster the team
01:09 long-term as well.
01:11 I just think it's been a surprising season for them
01:13 because I thought it could totally fall apart
01:15 in the way that the Yankees have fallen apart,
01:17 but they've battled through it.
01:18 I still like the Astros tonight, obviously,
01:21 in a significant way.
01:22 What's our run, what's our total?
01:24 Is it eight and a half?
01:25 Yeah, eight and a half.
01:27 With their on the bump, I'm gonna say this one plays
01:29 to the under as opposed to me betting
01:31 a heavily favored Astros team that I think gets the W.
01:35 Yeah, Tanner Houck's on the mound.
01:37 Keep in mind, he hasn't pitched for a couple months here,
01:39 so coming back, we'll see how long that leash is.
01:41 But if we're just looking at that Houston Astros perspective
01:43 against right-handed pitching over the past month
01:45 in Major League Baseball,
01:46 particularly the first five guys in that lineup,
01:48 Altuve, 444, Bregman, 405, Tucker, 371, Alvarez, 365,
01:53 and Diaz, a 489, weighted on base percentage.
01:57 Should be interesting to watch that play out.
01:58 And again, a lot of playoff implications,
02:00 technically for both teams,
02:01 if the Red Sox want to continue here to make a run
02:03 and try to see if they can sneak into a wild card spot.
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02:09 (bells chiming)
