The reigning World Series champions Houston Astros have not shown any sign of a hangover, opening the season 4-1 and covering the runline all of their wins. That includes a 6-1 triumph over the Baltimore Orioles in the opener of a three-game series on Monday, and I predict another easy Astros win tonight.

Justin Verlander (1-0, 0.00 ERA) will make his second start of the season for the Astros after a dominant display in his season debut. He pitched against the Orioles once last season (while still with Detroit), and held them to a pair of runs on six hits with 10 Ks over seven innings of work. Verlander has the current Orioles limited to a .219 batting average over 196 at bats.

Baltimore hands the ball to Mike Wright who will make his first start of the season. He was lit up for 15 runs - 14 earned - on 26 hits and five walks across 19 innings during spring training and he has posted a bloated 6.22 ERA in 21 career starts in the Majors.

Baltimore has mustered only six runs through its first four games of the season while Houston has scored 28 in five games.

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