The Stros are inching back and their leadoff guy has actually cooled off during their climb. But I like him here. Has quality ABs vs Detmers and Detmers putting a lot of guys on base lately. He's scored 5 times in the last 7 games and with more bats going now (Tucker, Pena) I see Altuve setting the table tonight. Teams run a ton on the Angels catchers, and a stolen base could aid our cause tonight, too

Reid Detmers looked great in his first four starts but his season went downhill after that with the lefty allowing at least four earned runs in each of his next five starts. Now he faces an Astros team that not only owns the lowest strikeout rate per game in the league but also has posted an excellent .775 OPS against lefties this year. The Angels used just one reliever yesterday and I think it's highly unlikely they let Detmers pitch into the sixth even if he's having a good game.

You could make a runline argument here no doubt on Houston, but I'm OK with this price with the Astros back to the team we expected to them be and facing massively struggling Angels lefty Reid Detmers. He was terrific early on but then remembered he was Reid Detmers and has allowed at least four runs in five straight. Counterpart Framber Valdez has allowed just two ER over 14 innings in his past two.

It's been a rough start to the year for Reid Detmers whose struggles may be a bit overblown, however he gets a brutal matchup against Houston. The Astros pair a top 5 OPS with the lowest K Rate in the league against opposing southpaws. They also have very good career numbers against Detmers who has failed to go 6+ IP in five of his last six outings. Detmers has an ERA of just under 10.0 in the month of May.

Don't look now but Houston is making a push. And this should be another get-right series for them. Reid Detmers is kinda falling apart, Altuve, Pena and Tucker have hit him well and LAA lost his last 5 starts by a 39-18 margin, outscored by 2 or more in 4 of them. Detmers has allowed 26 ER in 27 2/3 IP in that span. Framber Valdez in good form for the Stros. Houston won 9 of 11, outscoring opponents by 2 or more in 7 of those games.