Two squads leading their divisions — the Houston Astros (AL West) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West) — play on Friday at 8:10 PM ET, at Minute Maid Park.
The favored Astros (-122 on the moneyline) take the field at home against the Dodgers (+102). The Houston Astros will give the start to Framber Valdez (8-5, 3.63 ERA), who is looking for win No. 9 on the season, and the Dodgers will counter with Gavin Stone (9-3, 3.19 ERA).
The Astros were vicotrious 8-1 over the Athletics Friday in their most recent game. Jose Altuve went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI to lead them offensively while Hunter Brown was earned the victory after throwing six innings, giving up one earned run on eight hits while striking out eight.