#929 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Houston Astros +115 over Atlanta Braves, Friday at 7:20 PM ET - Rough situational spot for the Braves coming off their huge 4 game series with the Mets as those 2 battle it out for the NL East crown. Atlanta won 3 of those 4 games and now must face the team with the 2nd best record in MLB whose offense has been red hot. The Astros scored 21 runs yesterday vs the White Sox and they’ve scored the 2nd most runs in baseball since the All Star break behind only the Dodgers. Houston is hitting nearly .300 over their last 10 games while averaging over 7 RPG. Atlanta sends Wright to the mound and he’s had a very solid season but has been dealing with arm fatigue as of late. He’s already pitched over 134 innings which is by far the most in his career and Wright had to skip his last start due to a tired arm. In his last 3 starts his ERA is 4.34 which is much higher than his season ERA of 3.14. Houston will go with McCullers who has made 1 start since coming off the DL. That was a 6 inning outing in which he did not allow an earned run. He has been one of Houston’s top pitchers since 2015 with a lifetime ERA of 3.54 in 677 innings of work and he has struck out more than 1 batter per inning in his career. Once McCullers exits the Astros have the best bullpen in the Majors with an ERA of 2.91 on the season and the relievers have allowed a league low 25 HR’s this year. It’s not often we get a team like Houston as a money line underdog. They’ve been in that position only 15 times all year winning 7 of those games giving them the 5th best winning % as a dog this season. We like Houston on Friday night.