Data Skrive:
The Arizona Diamondbacks (79-62) are +133 moneyline underdogs Friday despite their plans to send Brandon Pfaadt to the mound to face the Houston Astros (75-65). Pfaadt will be seeking win No. 10 win against the odds, with first pitch slated for 8:10 p.m. ET, live on SCHN. Framber Valdez gets the starting nod for Houston while Pfaadt is Arizona’s starter for the contest.
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Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $32.58
Astros to win vs Diamondbacks -159
Astros vs. Diamondbacks Betting Lines
- Favorite: Astros (-159)
- Underdog: Diamondbacks (+133)
- Over/under: 8
Astros vs. Diamondbacks Betting Insights
- The Astros have been chosen as favorites in 102 games this year and have walked away with the win 57 times (55.9%) in those games.
- Houston has a record of 29-11 in contests when oddsmakers favor them by -159 or more on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Astros have a 61.4% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Diamondbacks have gone 32-36 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 47.1% of those games).
- Arizona has a record of 5-9 when playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +133 or longer (35.7%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Diamondbacks have an implied win probability of 42.9%.
Astros vs. Diamondbacks Hitting Leaders
- Yordan Alvarez is batting .309 this season with 30 home runs, both lead Houston hitters.
- Of all hitters in Major League Baseball, Alvarez’s home run total ranks him 11th and his RBI tally places him 39th.
- Jose Altuve has collected 163 hits this season and has an OBP of .349. He’s slugging .435 on the year.
- Corbin Carroll is batting .232 with 19 doubles, 12 triples, 19 home runs and 60 walks.
- Among all batters in the big leagues, Carroll is 65th in homers and 55th in RBI.
- Eugenio Suarez has made the most of his opportunities as he paces his team with 87 runs batted in.
Astros vs. Diamondbacks Pitching Rankings
- The Astros strike out 9.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, second-best in MLB.
- The Astros have the fifth-best ERA (3.75) in the majors this season.
- The Astros rank 13th in MLB with a combined 1.251 WHIP this season.
- The Diamondbacks pitching staff is 27th in the majors with a collective 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Arizona has a 4.53 team ERA that ranks 27th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Diamondbacks have the fifth-highest WHIP in MLB (1.344).