Matt Severance
COLORADO @ ARIZONA | 07/08 | 3:40 PM EDT
ARIZONA -125
ANALYSIS: This may be the first time all season that I've backed awful Arizona to win a game, but it's WAY more about Colorado being a comical 6-33 on the road, sitting top outfielder Charlie Blackmon and starting Chi Chi Gonzalez (2-5, 5.52) on the mound. He's 0-5 with a 6.81 ERA on the road and allowed four runs over 4.2 innings in his lone 2021 start vs. the Snakes. Arizona is 13-6 in its past 19 as a home favorite.
OAKLAND @ HOUSTON | 07/08 | 2:10 PM EDT
HOUSTON -172
ANALYSIS: Houston is 9-3 vs. Oakland this year and goes for the three-game home sweep. Lance McCullers (6-1, 2.97) has allowed three-or-fewer runs in 12 of his 13 starts. He has won five straight decisions and has allowed a .191 opponents' average overall, which ranks fifth in the AL. McCullers is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA in two starts vs. Oakland, which is in a major funk right now. A's starter Frankie Montas (7-7, 4.63) is 2-5 with a 4.38 ERA over his last nine starts. Four Astros -- Jose Altuve, Michael Brantley, Carlos Correa and Yuli Gurriel -- all have career averages north of .315 against Montas and all are in the lineup.
COLORADO @ ARIZONA | 07/08 | 3:40 PM EDT
ARIZONA -125
ANALYSIS: This may be the first time all season that I've backed awful Arizona to win a game, but it's WAY more about Colorado being a comical 6-33 on the road, sitting top outfielder Charlie Blackmon and starting Chi Chi Gonzalez (2-5, 5.52) on the mound. He's 0-5 with a 6.81 ERA on the road and allowed four runs over 4.2 innings in his lone 2021 start vs. the Snakes. Arizona is 13-6 in its past 19 as a home favorite.
OAKLAND @ HOUSTON | 07/08 | 2:10 PM EDT
HOUSTON -172
ANALYSIS: Houston is 9-3 vs. Oakland this year and goes for the three-game home sweep. Lance McCullers (6-1, 2.97) has allowed three-or-fewer runs in 12 of his 13 starts. He has won five straight decisions and has allowed a .191 opponents' average overall, which ranks fifth in the AL. McCullers is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA in two starts vs. Oakland, which is in a major funk right now. A's starter Frankie Montas (7-7, 4.63) is 2-5 with a 4.38 ERA over his last nine starts. Four Astros -- Jose Altuve, Michael Brantley, Carlos Correa and Yuli Gurriel -- all have career averages north of .315 against Montas and all are in the lineup.
