#974 ASA PLAY ON 8* Houston Astros -1.5 on Run Line (-135) over KC Royals, Wednesday at 8:10 PM ET - We are not going to lay -260 on the moneyline here but will lay 1.5 runs with Javier versus Keller. Christian Javier is 6-3 on the season in 11 starts with a 2.58 ERA, 0.96 WHIP and in his last three starts he has allowed just 3 total hits in 19 innings of work. He’ll face Brad Keller for the Royals who is 3-9 on the year with a 4.24 ERA and 1.33 WHIP. In Keller’s last three starts he’s faced Oakland twice and Detroit, who aren’t strong offensively, and allowed 14 hits in 16.2 innings of work. On the season the Royals have one of the worst total run differential at -102 (27th worst) and they’ve lost their last ten games by an average of -1.30 runs per game. Conversely, Houston has the 3rd best overall run differential at +93 runs on the season and they’ve outscored teams 5.60 runs to 2.50 runs per game in their last ten. On the season the Royals are hitting just .237 against right-handed starters and scoring an average of 3.92 runs/9 innings. Houston hits righties at a .241 clip and score 4.85 runs/9 innings. Houston has won 8 straight games and six of those have come by 2 or more runs. Lay it!