{"id":2831,"date":"2018-05-20T12:51:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T12:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=2831"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:09:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:09:23","slug":"al-sunday-showdown-cleveland-indians-at-houston-astros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/al-sunday-showdown-cleveland-indians-at-houston-astros\/","title":{"rendered":"AL Sunday Showdown: Cleveland Indians at Houston Astros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday night baseball brings us a possible playoff preview as the <strong>Houston Astros <\/strong>hostthe<strong> Cleveland Indians.<\/strong> The two teams split the first two games of the series, making Sunday\u2019s game the rubber match. \u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">The Houston Astros are -140 over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Indians have the unusual distinction of being atop their division but not being above .500. <strong>Cleveland<\/strong> begins Sunday at 22-22 after going just 7-10 during the month of <strong>May<\/strong>. However, that record is still good enough to lead what is easily the most mediocre division baseball has seen in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The Astros, meanwhile, are also on top of their division, but they\u2019ve had to work a lot harder to get there. Houston is 29-18, although both the <strong>Mariners<\/strong> and <strong>Angels<\/strong> are within three games of first place in the AL West. With eight wins in their last 11 games, only the Red Sox have more wins than the <strong>Astros<\/strong> at this point in the season.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"going-the-distance\"><strong>Going the Distance<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In an era in which so few pitchers go deep into games, Sunday\u2019s starter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/fantasy\/baseball\/news\/indians-carlos-carrasco-strikes-out-14-in-complete-game-win\/\"><strong>Carlos<\/strong> <strong>Carrasco<\/strong> already has two complete games this season.<\/a> That\u2019s important to note because Cleveland\u2019s bullpen that has been so dominant in recent years has been anything but in 2018. The Indians have the highest bullpen <strong>ERA<\/strong> in the American League, and so they\u2019ll need Carrasco to go deep in the game against Houston\u2019s potent lineup.<\/p>\n<p>On the season, <strong>Carrasco<\/strong> is 5-2 with a 3.66 ERA over nine starts. However, he\u2019s not had much success against many of Houston\u2019s hitters. Astros players are a combined 22 for 67 (.328) in their careers against Carrasco. Josh Reddick has been particularly dangerous, going 6 for 9 with a home run. Houston\u2019s lineup has not been quite as potent as it was a year ago. But they are still one of the highest-scoring teams in the <strong>American<\/strong> <strong>League<\/strong> and have few holes in the batting order.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-second-chance\">A<strong> Second Chance<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Starting for the <strong>Astros<\/strong> will be Lance McCullers Jr., who enters Sunday\u2019s game 5-2 with a 3.63 ERA, almost identical numbers to Carrasco. McCullers faced the Indians early in the 2017 season and got knocked around for five runs in five innings of work. As a result, <strong>Cleveland\u2019s<\/strong> roster has a combined .423 average against him.<\/p>\n<p>However, <strong>McCullers<\/strong> has come a long way since that start, and now he can dominate any lineup in baseball if he has his best stuff. That being said, the Indians have some heavy hitters in their lineup. Francisco Lindor, Jose Ramirez, and Michael Brantley are all hitting over .300. The Indians are also leading the majors in home runs, as Lindor, Ramirez, and Edwin Encarnacion all have 10 or more long balls on the year, while <strong>Yonder<\/strong> <strong>Alonso<\/strong> has gone yard nine times.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"burning-rubber\"><strong>Burning Rubber<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This is a tough game to call after these two teams split the first couple games in this series. Both starting pitchers are more than capable of delivering a quality start, although both lineups are capable of putting runs on the board. In the end, the <strong>Astros<\/strong> being at home and Cleveland\u2019s suspect bullpen are enough to sway things in Houston\u2019s favor.\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">When you bet this game, take the Houston Astros -140 over the Cleveland Indians.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Bet Major League Baseball at MyBookie<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Astros and Cleveland Indians will play the final game of their series on Sunday.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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