Houston at Oakland

The Oakland A's are surprisingly a .500 team through 36 games. They have been 4-3 in Danile Mengden's seven starts on the season, but that hasn't been because he has pitched well. Mengden's seven starts reveal that the A's are allowing 5.29 runs per game, and now must face what is perhaps the best, and deepest lineup in baseball in the Houston Astros. Oakland is a slumping offense, one that has produced two or fewer runs in four straight games, and three or fewer runs in seven of their last eight, and have been outscored in this series 20-4, resulting in two Houston wins. The Astros are already 4-0 vs. Oakland this year, winning by a combined score of 39-8 and the sweep is on this afternoon. Play on Houston.