The Athletics are coming into this game with a 19-23 record this season and they have been trending to the over in their recent games. They have seen 9+ runs total in their last 6 straight as well as 8 of their last 9 games and they have seen at least 1 team score 8+ runs themselves in each of their last 6 as well as 8 of their last 9 games. They are going up against an Astros team that has also been trending to the over in their recent matches. They have seen 9+ runs in their last 2 straight as well as 5 of their last 7 games. Their offense has been much better in their recent games as well as they have scored at least 5 runs in 2 of their last 3 games, scoring 9 runs in their last game alone. Ross Stripling is starting for the A's in this game and he is 1-6 with a 5.14 ERA this season. He has not been very good this season as he has allowed at least 3 earned runs in 4 of his last 6 starts and he is coming off of his worst start of the season which he allowed 11 runs, 5 earned, in less than 2 innings. The Astros have been awful to start the season but they have been playing better recently as their offense is turning the corner and they are going to score runs in this game, especially since they won 7-3 the last time Stripling pitched against the Astros in Houston. The Astros have Spencer Arrighetti starting in this game and he is 0-4 with an 8.44 ERA this season. He has been struggling a lot in his rookie season as he has only made 5 starts in the MLB and has allowed at least 2 earned runs in all 5 starts, allowing at least 4 earned runs in 3 of those as well. He is coming off of a start which he allowed 5 earned runs in and the A's offense has also been scoring a lot of runs recently as they have been involved in a lot of high scoring games. Between these two sides, there will be enough runs in this game to push it over the total.