Astros vs Marlins Baseball Betting

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Houston Astros and the Florida Marlins will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Sun Life Stadium. The Astros will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Wandy Rodriguez in this game. Rodriguez has a 9-11 record and a 4.04 ERA this season. It'll be Chris Volstad toeing the rubber for the Marlins in this contest. Righthander Volstad is 6-9 with a 4.91 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Marlins listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Anibal Sanchez scattered just three hits over seven innings to lead the Marlins to a 9-0 win over the Astros on Friday, as -173 favorites. That game's nine runs made it OVER the posted over/under (7.5) set by sportsbooks. Sanchez improved to 10-8 with the win and fanned five batters for the Marlins. J.A. Happ suffered the loss for the Astros, giving up five hits and three runs over six innings. Current streak: Florida has won 4 straight games. Team records: Houston: 53-68 SU Florida: 61-60 SU Houston most recently: When playing on Saturday are 8-2 Before playing Florida are 7-3 After playing Florida are 6-4 After a loss are 6-4 Florida most recently: When playing on Saturday are 4-6 Before playing Houston are 5-5 After playing Houston are 6-4 After a win are 8-2 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 5 games when playing on the road against Florida The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 9 of Houston's last 13 games when playing Florida Houston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Florida The total has gone OVER in 5 of Florida's last 5 games at home The total has gone OVER in 5 of Florida's last 5 games when playing at home against Houston Florida is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Houston The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Florida's last 7 games Next up: Florida home to Houston, Sunday, August 22 Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy former General Manager of the Freescoreboard scorephone network and CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com the premier hub of world-class handicappers.