The Houston Astros were sailing along, but have hit a wall. The Astros have lost five straight games, and the offense has been awful. In those five, Houston has scored eight total runs or 1.6 per game, settling for one run scored in each of their last three, all UNDERS. The Astros pitching has had to carry this team, and Washington has been shut out in two of their last four games, so this is a prime matchup. Mike Soroka gets the ball for Washington and his last 3 strats have been encouraging. Soroka has allowed just four earned runs in his last three starts. These teams are trending lower, and I like the UNDER in this one.
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July 8, 2026 6:45pm ET
@
Houston Astros
#927
Imai
Washington Nationals
#928
Alvarez (l, 2-2)
Lines & Odds
+1.5 (-169)
Runline
-1.5 (+146)
+118
Moneyline
-134
OVER 9.5 (-120)
Total
UNDER 9.5 (+100)
Astros vs. Nationals Betting Picks
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Public Consensus
Who is the public on? 66% of the public money is on Washington Nationals to win on the moneyline. And, 81% of the bets are on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game is that Houston will win by a score of 4.3 to 4.1 with Houston winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Previous Matchups & Picks
July 7, 2026 6:45pm ET
@
Houston Astros
#977
Imai
Washington Nationals
#978
Alvarez
Lines & Odds
+1.5 (-190)
Runline
-1.5 (+162)
+104
Moneyline
-118
OVER 9.5 (-110)
Total
UNDER 9.5 (-110)
Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 62% of the public money was on Washington Nationals to win on the moneyline. And, 90% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Washington would win by a score of 4.6 to 4.3 with Washington winning on the moneyline, Houston winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
Final Score
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9
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Houston Astros 
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
6
Washington Nationals
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
July 6, 2026 6:45pm ET
@
Houston Astros
#913
Burrows
Washington Nationals
#914
Mikolas
Lines & Odds
+1.5 (-191)
Runline
-1.5 (+165)
-102
Moneyline
-113
OVER 10 (+100)
Total
UNDER 10 (-120)
Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 53% of the public money was on Washington Nationals to win on the moneyline. And, 52% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Washington would win by a score of 5.4 to 4.8 with Washington winning on the moneyline, Houston winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
Final Score
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3
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5
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7
8
9
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Houston Astros
1
3
2
0
0
1
0
4
0
11
Washington Nationals
1
0
5
0
6
0
0
0
12
July 30, 2025 2:10pm ET
@
Washington Nationals
#973
Gore
Houston Astros
#974
Gusto
Lines & Odds
+1.5 (-217)
Runline
-1.5 (+184)
-105
Moneyline
-109
OVER 8 (-115)
Total
UNDER 8 (-105)
Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 51% of the public money was on Washington Nationals to win on the moneyline. And, 58% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Houston would win by a score of 5.1 to 3.9 with Houston winning on the moneyline, Washington winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
Final Score
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9
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Washington Nationals
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Houston Astros
1
3
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
9
July 29, 2025 8:10pm ET
@
Washington Nationals
#931
Soroka
Houston Astros
#932
Alexander
Lines & Odds
+1.5 (-197)
Runline
-1.5 (+168)
+105
Moneyline
-120
OVER 8.5 (-105)
Total
UNDER 8.5 (-115)
Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 53% of the public money was on Houston Astros to win on the moneyline. And, 56% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Houston would win by a score of 5.4 to 4.0 with Houston winning on the moneyline, Washington winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
Pro Picks
This Pro Pick was released to clients on July 29, 2025 at 11:44AM ET.
MLB
Washington at Houston
July 29, 2025
8:10 PM Eastern
Final Score
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9
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Washington Nationals
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
4
Houston Astros
1
0
0
1
1
3
1
0
7
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