A pair of baseball’s top sluggers go head-to-head when the Athletics (30-32) and the Houston Astros (28-36) play at 8:10 p.m. ET on Friday at Daikin Park. Shea Langeliers has 16 homers (eighth in the majors) for the favored Athletics (-110), and Yordan Alvarez ranks second in MLB play with 21 long balls this season for the Astros (-109). Jack Perkins starts for Sacramento while Houston will counter with Peter Lambert.

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Athletics vs. Astros betting lines

• Favorite: Athletics (-110)
• Underdog: Astros (-109)
• Over/under: 9

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• The Athletics have won seven of the 18 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (38.9%).
• The Athletics have a record of 7-11 when they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -110 or shorter (38.9%).
• The Athletics have a 52.4% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• The Athletics have combined with their opponents to hit the over on the total 31 times this season for a 31-29-2 record against the over/under.
• The Athletics have a 32-30-0 record against the spread this season (covering 51.6% of the time).

Athletics hitting info

• Nick Kurtz leads the Athletics with 43 runs batted in.
• Kurtz ranks 39th in home runs and 10th in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
• Langeliers has shown off his power as he paces his team with 16 home runs with a team-high .289 batting average.
• Langeliers ranks eighth in home runs among hitters in MLB action and 45th in RBI.
• Langeliers enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .200 with a double, three home runs, a walk and five RBIs.
• Tyler Soderstrom has 17 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 27 walks while hitting .231.
• Soderstrom brings a 10-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is batting .417 with three doubles, three home runs, five walks and six RBIs.
• Carlos Cortes is hitting .322 with nine doubles, a triple, five home runs and 19 walks.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The Athletics pitching staff is 21st in MLB with a collective 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings.
• The Athletics have a 4.46 team ERA that ranks 21st among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Athletics have the 24th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.409).
• Athletics pitchers combine to allow the 25th-fewest home runs in baseball (81 total, 1.3 per game).
• In their 7-6 loss last time out they struck out 10 Cubs batters while allowing 11 hits.

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• This season, the Astros have been the underdog 46 times and won 23, or 50%, of those games.
• This season, the Astros have won 23 of their 46 games, or 50%, when they’re the underdog by at least -109 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 52.2% chance of a victory for the Astros.
• The Astros and their opponents have hit the over in 35 of their 64 games with a total this season.
• In 64 games with a spread this season, the Astros are 29-35-0 ATS.

Astros hitting info

• Alvarez leads Houston in batting average (.316) and home runs (21) this season, while also chipping in with 44 RBI.
• Alvarez ranks second in home runs and sixth in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Alvarez takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .474 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and five RBIs.
• Christian Walker leads Houston in runs batted in (45) this season. He’s batting .247 while slugging .494.
• Walker is eighth in homers and fifth in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Walker brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .182 with a home run and five RBIs.
• Isaac Paredes is slashing .238/.331/.400 this season for the Astros.
• Paredes enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .278 with two doubles, two home runs, three walks and six RBIs.
• Cam Smith has collected 45 hits this season and has an OBP of .307. He’s slugging .351 on the year.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in the big leagues.
• Astros pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.05 ERA this year, which ranks 29th in MLB.
• The Astros have a combined WHIP of 1.454 as a pitching staff, which is fourth-worst in baseball this season.
• With 83 homers allowed, the Astros rank 26th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, they fell to the Pirates, 5-1, with seven strikeouts and nine hits allowed.