T.M. Selection: Astros/Blue Jays OVER.

I am on the over in the Houston Astros vs Toronto Blue Jays game on Friday. The Astros have had some good pitching in their games lately and their bats have been a bit quiet but I think this is a series that is going to see a lot of runs. These 2 just met last week in Houston and that was a very high scoring series as 2/3 of those games saw 7+ runs in them. The Blue Jays just had 2 games in a row where they only put up 1 run but I think their bats are going to wake up for this game. They scored 12 runs in their 2 games before those previous 2 and I think the pitching matchup is favorable for both teams to put up runs today. The Astros will have Jose Urquidy (1-1, 5.52 ERA) up in this game and he hasn't looked good this year. He has had 2 bad starts in a row now and he has given up a lot of hits in his starts too. I think the Blue Jays will make the Astros pay if they get guys on base here and I'm expecting a ton of runs from them in this game since they have been hot lately winning a lot of their games. Yusei Kikuchi (0-1, 3.75 ERA) should be getting the start for the Blue Jays here and he hasn't looked great in his starts this year either. He has not given up a lot of runs in his starts but that is mainly because he hasn't made it past the 4th inning in 2/3 of his starts and he has been getting himself into a lot of trouble with base runners in their games. I think the Astros will get hits on him here and I expect them to cash in any base runners they get with how Kikuchi has been pitching. I think this is going to be a bad day for both pitchers and I'm expecting a ton of runs here. I like the over in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 7-6 Blue Jays.