The Houston Astros will travel on the road to the state of Maryland to face off against the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday for a scheduled first pitch time of 7:05 PM Eastern. This game will be available on MLB extra innings. Houston comes into this game with a record on the season of 98-51, and have played wonderfully as a late winning four out of their last five games with the only loss coming against Oakland by the score of 8-5.'
The Baltimore Orioles come into this matchup with a record on the season of 76-71, however have played terrible as of late losing four out of their last five games including a series on the road in Toronto, and a series against the Detroit Tigers.'
Justin Verlander will be the starter for the Houston Astros in this matchup with 17 victories on the season to go along with an earned run average of 1.78 and 163 strikeouts on the season. Besides Chicago's Dylan Cease, Justin Verlander is the front runner for the Cy Young Award in the MLB this season.'