Two of MLB’s top hitters go head-to-head when the Houston Astros (49-54) and the Miami Marlins (52-50) meet at 8:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Daikin Park. Yordan Alvarez has a .326 batting average (second in MLB) for the favored Astros (-122), and Otto Lopez ranks first in MLB action hitting .332 this season for the underdog Marlins (+100). Houston has Peter Lambert starting things off, while Miami will send out Sandy Alcantara.

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Astros vs. Marlins betting lines

• Favorite: Astros (-122)
• Underdog: Marlins (+100)
• Over/under: 8

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have won 44.7% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (17-21).
• Houston has a 12-17 record (winning 41.4% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -122 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Astros have an implied win probability of 55%.
• Houston has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 103 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 53 of those games (53-44-6).
• The Astros have collected a 51-52-0 record ATS this season (covering 49.5% of the time).

Astros hitting info

• Alvarez paces the Astros in home runs (33), runs batted in (75) and has a team-high batting average of .326.
• Alvarez’s home runs rank first in MLB and he ranks third in RBI in MLB.
• Alvarez has safely hit in eight straight games. During his last 10 outings he is batting .395 with four doubles, four home runs, seven walks and eight RBIs.
• Isaac Paredes is batting .260 with 18 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 39 walks.
• Paredes ranks 83rd in home runs among hitters in baseball and 45th in RBI.
• Paredes enters this game on a seven-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is batting .333 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, five walks and six RBIs.
• Christian Walker is hitting .234 with 19 doubles, a triple, 20 home runs and 33 walks.
• Jose Altuve is hitting .232 with 14 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 29 walks.

Astros pitching rankings

• The 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Astros pitching staff ranks seventh in the majors.
• Houston has the 25th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.74).
• The Astros have the 24th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.396).
• Astros pitchers combine to surrender 142 total home runs at a clip of 1.4 per game (fifth-most in MLB).
• In its 5-3 win last time out, Houston struck out 13 Marlins batters while allowing eight hits.

Marlins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Marlins betting info

• This season, the Marlins have won 20 out of the 54 games, or 37%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Miami has a record of 16-28 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least +100 on the moneyline.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 50% chance of a victory for the Marlins.
• Games involving Miami have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 53 of 102 chances this season.
• The Marlins are 52-50-0 ATS in their 102 games with a spread this season.

Marlins hitting info

• Lopez leads Miami with a batting average of .332. He’s also hit nine home runs with 46 RBI.
• Lopez ranks 143rd in home runs and 80th in RBI among all batters in the majors.
• Liam Hicks leads Miami in home runs with 14 and runs batted in with 60.
• Hicks ranks 71st in home runs and 23rd in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Xavier Edwards has collected 109 base hits, an OBP of .375 and a slugging percentage of .409 this season.
• Javier Sanoja has 68 hits and an OBP of .313 to go with a slugging percentage of .405 this season.
• Sanoja has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .316 with two doubles.

Marlins pitching rankings

• The Marlins average the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the majors this season.
• Miami has the 10th-best ERA (4.06) in the majors this season.
• The Marlins have a combined 1.252 WHIP as a pitching staff, ninth-lowest in MLB.
• The Marlins have allowed the seventh-fewest home runs this season at just 102, or 1.0 per game.
• Miami suffered a 5-3 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out five Astros batters while allowing eight hits.