Two of baseball’s top hitters face off when the Houston Astros (41-30) and the Athletics (29-44) meet at 10:05 p.m. ET on Monday at Sutter Health Park. Jeremy Pena has a .325 batting average (fourth in MLB) for the favored Astros (-156), while Jacob Wilson ranks second in MLB play batting .367 this season for the underdog Athletics (+131). Lance McCullers starts for Houston while Sacramento will counter with Mitch Spence.

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Astros vs. Athletics betting lines

• Favorite: Astros (-156)
• Underdog: Athletics (+131)
• Over/under: 10.5

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have won 58.3% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (28-20).
• The Astros have a record of 8-6 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -156 or shorter (57.1%).
• The Astros have a 60.9% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• The Astros have played in 71 games with a set over/under, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 28 times (28-41-2).
• The Astros have covered 53.5% of their games this season, going 38-33-0 ATS.

Astros hitting info

• Pena paces the Astros with a .325 batting average.
• Among hitters in MLB play, Pena ranks 76th in home runs and 67th in RBI.
• Isaac Paredes has hit 15 home runs with 42 runs batted in. Both pace his team.
• Paredes ranks 15th in home runs among batters in MLB and 28th in RBI.
• Paredes has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .263 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and five RBIs.
• Jose Altuve has 10 doubles, 10 home runs and 19 walks while hitting .274.
• Jake Meyers is batting .295 with 12 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 22 walks.
• Meyers brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .235 with a double and three walks.

Astros pitching rankings

• The 10.1 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Astros pitching staff leads MLB.
• The Astros have a 3.43 team ERA that ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Astros have the second-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.149).
• Astros pitchers combine to allow the sixth-fewest home runs in baseball (69 total, one per game).
• In their 2-1 win last time out they struck out 12 Twins batters while allowing eight hits.

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• This season, the Athletics have been the underdog 55 times and won 20, or 36.4%, of those games.
• The Athletics have a record of 8-19, a 29.6% win rate, when they’re set as the underdog by +131 or more by bookmakers this season.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Athletics have a 43.3% chance to win.
• The Athletics and their opponents have hit the over in 40 of their 73 games with a total this season.
• The Athletics have an ATS record of 35-38-0 in 73 games with a spread this season.

Athletics hitting info

• Wilson leads Sacramento with a batting average of .367. He’s also hit eight home runs with 38 RBI.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Wilson’s home run total is 94th, and his RBI total is 45th.
• Wilson has safely hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with a double and an RBI.
• Brent Rooker’s 15 home runs are most among Sacramento batters. He’s driven in 41 runs this season while slugging .497.
• Rooker is 15th in homers and 30th in RBI among all MLB batters this year.
• Tyler Soderstrom leads Sacramento in RBI with 45 while batting .254 with 14 home runs.
• Lawrence Butler has 73 hits and an OBP of .327 to go with a slugging percentage of .459 this season.
• Butler brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .182 with a double, a home run, a walk and an RBI.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The Athletics have an 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in the big leagues.
• The Athletics have pitched to a 5.49 ERA this season, which ranks 29th in baseball.
• Athletics pitchers have a 1.499 WHIP this season, second-worst in the majors.
• The Athletics have allowed the most home runs this season with 104, or 1.4 per game.
• The Athletics struck out seven Royals batters while allowing nine hits in a 3-2 win last time out.