Houston is 5-0 in their last 5 and 9-1 in their last 10. They are on fire. Milwaukee is at the other end of the spectrum, 1-4 in their last 5 and trending down in every way. Both teams will start recent callups. The Brewers’ Rea is 0-3 in this latest stint and has an ERA of 6.97 in his last 3 with a WHIP of 1.65. He has trended down after a reasonable start to his callup. France has only been up for 3 starts but has been trending up after a shaky start with only 1 earned run in his last two starts.

If either of these two struggle the Astros have the bullpen to deal with it, while the Brewers don’t. In the Astros' last 10 their relievers have an ERA of 1.64 and a WHIP of 1.06. The Brewers ERA is 4.81 and their WHIP is 1.22 over the same stretch.

In terms of offence, the Astros have the 4th best OPS and 3rd best avg. in the majors over the last 15 days. The Brewers are struggling with the 22nd and 27th best respectively. The Astros won big yesterday as slight favorites and will be the victors again today with even better odds.