#963/964 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Under 8 or 8.5 Runs – Houston Astros @ Toronto Blue Jays, Thursday at 7:07 PM ET - Both teams have been struggling at times of late to score runs and you have two red hot starting pitchers on the mound and two rock solid bullpens as well. Toronto has won 9 of 12 games but actually scored 3 or less runs in 4 of last 6 wins! In last 7 games at home in Toronto, the Blue Jays have had only one big game at the plate. In the other 6 games they have scored an average of only 3.3 runs per game. The Astros are 4-4 last 8 road games. They have often struggled to score many runs on the road in recent road trips. Overall, in last 4 games whether home or away, Houston has been held to 2 or less runs scored in 3 of the 4. Even off B2B losses in this series, the Astros have allowed an average of only 3 runs in their last 6 games on the road. As we mentioned above, very solid bullpens supporting these two starters and both appear primed for big starts here. Framber Valdez is 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA in his 4 road starts this season. Overall he has been dominant as Valdez allowed 4 earned runs in 1 of his dozen starts this season but allowed a total of only 15 earned runs in the other 11 starts! Taking a look at the Jays Jose Berrios, he is red hot! Berrios was 7-2 at home last season and he has a 2.22 ERA in his 4 home starts this season. Also, the overall numbers for Berrios are impacted by 3 tougher road starts including his very first 2 starts this season. Other than those 3 (again, all on the road and a couple from two months back!) he has allowed a total of only 12 earned runs in 9 starts! This game has the makings of a 3-2 final and could even finish as a 2-1 pitchers duel. The pitching dominates again in this series in Thursday's game. We are going strong with the Under in this one.