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Arizona Diamondbacks at Houston Astros 9/15/18 Pick

by | Last updated Sep 15, 2018 | mlb

Zack Godley Dbacks Starting Pitcher
Arizona Diamondbacks at Houston Astros 9/15/18

Time: 7:10 PM ET
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Listed Pitchers: Zack Godley (Az) & Charlie Morton (Hous)
TV: FS – Arizona, SportsNet Southwest
Moneyline: D’Backs +175/Astros -185
Over/Under: 8

Arizona badly needed a win Friday night and came up with one, taking the opener of a three-game series in Houston. Can the Diamondbacks cash in again Saturday? And how are we playing this contest with our daily free MLB picks?

MLB Betting Line

Saturday’s MLB betting odds opened Houston at upwards of -205 for this game, with an over/under of 8 runs. The early betting action then cut that line by as much as 20 cents, down to around -185.

Houston could also be found getting around +105 giving the run and a half on the MLB run line.

Set-Up

Arizona grabbed the opener of this series Friday night 4-2, cashing in as a +160 dog on the MLB betting line. That game was tied at 2-2 when the D’Backs scored two runs with two out in the top of the eighth inning and hung on from there.

Even with Friday’s win, Arizona is just 4-10 over its last 14 games.

Even with Friday’s loss, Houston is 10-2 over its last 12 games.

At 78-70 overall the D’Backs are in “near-desperation” mode, 3.5 games back of division-leading Colorado in the NL West race and three games behind both the Dodgers and Cardinals in the battle for the second National League wild-card spot, with just 14 games to play.

At 92-55 overall the Astros lead the AL West by only 2.5 games over second-place Oakland, which won Friday night.

Arizona actually leads this season series with Houston three games to one.

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Saturday’s Starters

Morton (14-3, 3.15), by our strict standards, is 15/27 on quality starts this season, but 0 for his last five. Last Saturday he gave up two runs through five innings at Boston, and over his previous three starts, he’s allowed 11 runs through 14 2/3 innings. On the season the Astros are 16-11 with Morton, with unders going 17-10.

In one start this season against the Diamondbacks Morton gave up three runs on three hits and four walks through five innings of a 4-3 Houston defeat.

Godley (14-9, 4.67) is 13/29 on quality starts this year, but 0 for his last two and just one for his previous five. Monday he gave up five runs in four innings at Colorado, and just before that he gave up four runs through five innings against San Diego. On the season Arizona is 16-13 with Godley, with overs going 15-12.

This will be Godley’s first-ever start against Houston, which can give a pitcher an advantage on occasion, at least for the first couple of times through the lineup.

However, we are going with Morton with our handicapping check-mark for this pitching match-up.

Saturday’s Batting Splits

The D’Backs own a .233/.312/.388 batting average/OBP/slugging percentage split against right-handed pitching this season.

The Astros own a .242/.322/.414 split against righties this year.

We gotta give Houston the edge in the splits with the sticks for Saturday.

The Bullpens

The Arizona bullpen owns a 3.50 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP.

The Astros pen owns a 2.91 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP, both of which lead the Majors.

Houston gets the check-mark in the bullpen comparison, too.

Totals Report

Unders are 40-32 in games played at Minute Maid Park this year, which are averaging just 7.9 total runs per, fifth-fewest among all ML ballparks.

Unders are 4-0 in D’Backs-Astros games this season, which have trended low-scoring.

Free MLB Picks

Houston gets all three of our main handicapping check-marks for this game. Also, the Astros finished 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position Friday night, but that just indicates to us they’ll probably have better luck Saturday. We like the Astros for our free MLB pick for Saturday, and we’ll take a chance at a better price and give the run and a half against the run line.

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