Houston at Los Angeles

Houston snapped a three-game skid with a 3-1 win over the Angels last night, handing Shohei Ohtani his first loss of the season. Martin Maldonado hit a two-run homer for the Astros, his second of the season. The Angels have lost three of four and will start Griffin Canning, who owns a 5.31 ERA and 1.33 WHIP this year and in two home starts he has allowed five runs on nine hits in 10 innings. Houston will counter with Cristian Javier, who gave up four runs in 16 innings against Los Angeles in 2022 and Angel batters are a combined 4-for-55 against him. Houston's bullpen is #6 in the majors with a 1.19 WHIP with nine saves and the Astros 41-12 in the third game of a series dating to last season and they have won 14 of 20 meetings at Angel Stadium. The Angels are 18-41 versus teams that allowed two or fewer runs their previous game. Take the Astros.