#965 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Houston Astros -1.5 on the Run Line (-110) over Detroit Tigers, Sunday at 1:40 PM ET - The Astros are 41-20 this season against teams with a losing record.  The Tigers are 30-47 against teams with a winning record this season.  Detroit has not played well at home this season as they are 8 games below .500 when hosting.  The Tigers 11 of last 12 losses have been defeats by a multi-run margin.  The Astros have won 11 of last 17 road games and 12 of their last 15 victories have been by 2 or more runs.  More of the same expected here as Houston got back on track with a big 9-2 win yesterday and they have the pitching edge here in addition to the overall team edge.  Astros bullpen ranks 8th for team ERA while the Tigers bullpen ranks 18th for team ERA this season.  Houston's slugging percentage in road games ranks 5th in the majors while Detroit's slugging percentage in home games ranks 28th in the majors.  In terms of starting pitching, the Tigers Alex Faedo continues to give up big hits and have those trouble spots.  Yes, Faedo has been better than last season's 1-5 with a 5.53 ERA on the year but still this season he has a 5.65 ERA in home games and this is a tough spot for him facing the defending champs.  Conversely, the Astros again have Justin Verlander on their squad after getting him back from the Mets.  Verlander was with the Tigers for more than a dozen years to start his career so this is always a special start for him facing the team he started his career with nearly 20 years ago.  Verlander comes into the start producing very well as usual and he has been red hot since the start of July and it has carried into his move back to Houston this month.  it continues here against the light-hitting Tigers!  We’ll lay the -1.5 here.