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(MLB) Houston vs. Seattle, 07/27/2021 10:10 PM, Score: 8 - 6
Money Line: -160.00 Houston (Away)
Result: Win
10* Houston (10:10 ET): Seattle HAS to be the luckiest team of all-time. Or at least in recent memory. They are certainly the luckiest team in all of MLB in 2021 as they’ve managed to go 55-46 despite having a -49 run differential. Their win expectancy - based on said run differential - is only 45. The 10-game difference between their actual and expected number of wins is by far the largest of any team this year. Key to them overachieving is a somewhat preposterous 23-8 record in one-run games (had three of those in the last series) and a 9-1 record in extra innings. But what happened last night may have been the most preposterous thing yet!

Last night’s game saw Houston score six times in the top of the first and take a 7-0 lead into the bottom of the fourth. That’s when things changed dramatically as Seattle put together B2B three-run innings. It was still 8-7 in favor of the Astros heading into the bottom of the eighth, which is when “disaster struck” (I was on the Astros, in case you couldn’t tell) as Dylan Moore hit a grand slam to give the home team a win. It was the third straight day the Mariners came from behind to win. Two of those have come in the final time up to bat.

I’m aware that the M’s have a 13-5 record with Tuesday starter Chris Flexen on the bump. But they are facing my #1 rated team in the American League, who has outscored its opponents by 141 runs this year. The AL West race should not be close and it’s a sham that Seattle is even in Wild Card contention. The Astros will counter Flexen with Lance McCullers Jr, who has allowed three runs or less in all but one of his 16 starts this season. McCullers has a lower ERA and WHIP compared to Flexen, despite having a worse record. The 11-run effort yesterday is not in any way indicative of the Mariners’ offense. At home, they are hitting just .205 and have a .281 OBP, both MLB worsts. Houston is MLB’s highest scoring team on the road and overall. They are on a 29-8 run vs Seattle. I am a BIG believer in the Astros tonight. 10* Houston