Picking up right where they left off last season, the Houston Astros are crushing teams lately and will look to keep that momentum when they head to Fenway Park to face the defending World Series champs, the Boston Red Sox. The Astros are 11-1 SU and ATS over their last 12 games but the Red Sox have been on their own resurgence, winning 12 of their last 15.
The Astros opened as -135 favorites with a total of 9.5.
I would also recommend the Astros -1.5 but I feel like the OVER is the safer play because if the Red Sox come out swinging, that just makes it easier for this game to go to 10 runs. The Astros are on a tear right now and I don’t see their offense slowing down just because Porcello is on the mound.
Porcello is known for a clunker and he has been prone to get lit up by this offense as evidenced by his splits last season and when he faced them in the playoffs last October. It is a high total so I get why bettors would be cautious but I think the Red Sox bullpen is leaky and this will go OVER in the latter innings of the game.
The Astros have outscored opponents 98-38 over their last 12 games.away The Red Sox are 12-3 SU in their last 15 games.home The OVER has hit in 7 of Rick Porcello’s 8 starts this season.home