The Oakland Athletics (27-72) and Houston Astros (54-43) will meet on Friday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, with first pitch at 9:40 PM ET.
The Astros are heavily favored (-263 on the moneyline) when they take the field at the Athletics (+217). The scheduled starters are Framber Valdez (7-6) for the Houston Astros, and JP Sears (1-6) for the Oakland Athletics.
These clubs meet again after the Astros defeated the Athletics 3-1 yesterday. J.P. France earned the win for the Astros (7.0 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 5 K), and Alex Bregman led the way offensively (1-for-4 with a home run and an RBI). Hogan Harris (6.0 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 6 K) was credited with the loss for the Athletics.