#914 ASA PLAY ON 8* Houston Astros -1.5 on the Run Line (-140) over Oakland Athletics, Saturday at 4:10 PM ET - We won with Houston in this spot yesterday and will come right back with them again here. The Astros have won 5 straight games and are hosting an Athletics team that has the worst record in the league. Not only that, the A's are an incredibly bad 1-18 in day games this season. Yes 18 of 19 afternoon games for the Athletics have seen them on the losing end. Oakland has a bullpen ERA of 6.56 which ranks dead last in the majors while Houston's relief pitching has a 3.07 ERA for one of the best marks in the majors. The A's are 10-36 on the season and we like the Astros to win big here regardless of the starting pitchers. However, the expected starting pitching match-up does favor Houston as well. The expected starter for Houston is Hunter Brown. The starter slated for the Athletics is JP Sears. The Oakland left-hander has a 5.27 ERA and is winless in his 8 starts this season. Brown had limited action last season but was great and now he has been working as a starter this season and has been rock solid. He is now 6-1 with a 2.63 ERA in his career and has allowed an average of just 2 earned runs in his 8 starts this season. He can step up here again at home in Houston and deliver a solid start versus a bad Oakland team whose .215 batting average versus right-handers is the worst in the American League. 20 of 25 Astros wins have been by at least a 2-run margin this season. 81% of Athletics losses have been by a multi-run margin as 29 of their 36 defeats have been by 2+ runs. Oakland has lost 10 of 12 games and each of the A's last 12 losses have been by 2+ runs. Houston has won 8 of 9 games including 5 in a row. This game has home blowout written all over it again. We like the Astros on the run line in this one and look for another big win just like yesterday's here.