This is a short price to ride the Astros, who have won eight in a row and 13 of their last 16 games. 

Houston has a pitching edge with Jose Urquidy going against Chris Archer. Urquidy is off his best performance of the season, pitching six scoreless innings against the Tigers this past Thursday. Archer is on the downside of his career. He has yet to win a game for the Twins, which is his third team in four years. 

The Twins are missing two of their best players with Carlos Correa on the DL and Byron Buxton dealing with a hip injury that has caused him to miss the last two games.