MLB Betting Odds – Free Picks: Jason Hammel 1.57 ERA vs. Astros

Our second pick of the day will be on the Oakland Athletics -133 vs. the Houston Astros.   None of the books were going over -140 and our limit when it comes to picks is -145 so do a little line shopping before placing this bet.

The Athletics RH Jason Hammel (8-8, 3.41 ERA) is 2-1 with a 1.57 ERA in five games (four starts) vs. Houston and is coming off three straight poor starts so this could prove to be a good redemption time.

The Astros LH Dallas Keuchel (9-7, 3.11) is 0-2 with a 5.20 ERA in six career games - four starts - against Oakland, last yielding three runs in 6 1/3 innings against them on April 26.

Oakland has won three of the last four in this series and is 7-3 so far this season.

The Astros are 4-10 in Keuchel's last 14 home starts and 1-5 in Keuchel's last 6 starts with the total set at 7.0-8.5.

It is interesting to note that the total for today’s game is set at 8 and the OVER is 8-4 this season.  We are going to back away from the total for this game, however, but might deserve a look for more aggressive bettors.

This game goes off at 2:10 pm EST.

Pitching

Washington’s Tanner Roark is 1-1 when starting against Miami with an ERA of 2.79 and a WHIP of 0.983.

Miami’s Brad Hand is 0-3 when starting against Washington with an ERA of 9.68 and a WHIP of 2.377.

Houston’s Dallas Keuchel is 0-2 when starting against Oakland with an ERA of 6.23 and a WHIP of 1.847.

White Sox Hector Noesi is 1-1 when starting against Detroit with an ERA of 7.53 and a WHIP of 1.395.

Detroit's Max Scherzer is 11-5 when starting against CHI WHITE SOX with an ERA of 2.40 and a WHIP of 1.012.

Seattle’s Felix Hernandez is 7-5 when starting against Cleveland with an ERA of 2.98 and a WHIP of 1.293.

The Yankees Hiroki Kuroda  is 2-2 when starting against TEXAS with an ERA of 2.08 and a WHIP of 0.923.

Teams

UNDER is 5-1 in Reds/Diamondbacks series this season.

Pittsburgh is 4-1 vs. San Francisco this season.

OVER is 8-4 in A’s/Astros series so far this season.

The UNDER is 4-0 in the Indians/Mariners series this season.

Toronto is 9-3 vs. Boston this season.

The UNDER is 5-1 in the Yankees/Rangers series so far this season.

- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com