San Diego at Houston

There are not a whole lot of positives on either of these squads. Houston lost 106 games a year ago and started out looking to be vastly improved, but have regressed to what they are as the season progresses - a horribe team, as they are 9-20 over their last 29 games. Prospects here are shallow behind Lucas Harrell and his 4.77 ERA. Harrell has allowed 23 earned runs in his last 30.1 innings of work which equates to an ERA of 6.82. Clayton Richard is a quality pitcher that appears to have worked through early season problems. Richard has lowered his ERA to under 4 on the strength of his last eight starts where he worked 51 innings, allowing just 17 runs for an ERA of 3. The Astros are 0-6 when Harrell faces a losing team, and the Padres are now winners of four straight behind Richard vs. a losing team. Play on San Diego.