Milwaukee Brewers vs. Houston Astros
Pick: Houston Astros -114 odds (May 16th 2012)
Free Play from Doc’s Sports: Wednesday May 16th 2012 Take #962 Houston over Milwaukee (8:05pm est): The Houston Astros are a young team who are struggling of late but if you can get them in the right spot like we have them here tonight, then you will find some value backing them. Houston has won five of it’s last six contests that they have been favored in. The have also won seven of their last ten overall at home and are 6-2 their last eight home games against a left-hand starter. Bud Norris gets the call for the Astros here as he comes in with back to back excellent performances, allowing no earned runs to the Pirates and Cardinals and averaging a strikeout per inning along the way.
The Brewers go with their worst starter in Randy Wolf here. Wolf comes in with an ERA of 5.63 and a WHIP of 1.65 on the season. Not only do the Brewers have issues on the hill tonight, in fact a lot of this match-up isn’t really to their liking. They are much worse hitting against right-handers this season and have only won three of the last 12 times they have faced a right-hand starter, The Brewers are also just 4-11 on the road and 3-9 when facing a team with a winning home record like Houston sports coming into this contest tonight.
Houston has the big edge here at home and with this pitching match-up. Getting the Astros here at this price is very cheap. Take Houston here.

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