The Athletics (1-5) will look to Shea Langeliers, who is currently on a two-game home run streak, when they take on the Houston Astros (5-2). The Astros are favored (-114) in this outing against the Athletics (-105), which starts at 9:40 p.m. ET on Friday at Sutter Health Park. Houston has Cristian Javier starting things off, and Sacramento counters with Jeffrey Springs.

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Astros vs. Athletics betting lines

• Favorite: Astros (-114)
• Underdog: Athletics (-105)
• Over/under: 10

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have won three of the five games they were the moneyline favorite this season (60%).
• The Astros have gone 3-2 in games they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -114 or shorter (60%).
• The Astros have an implied moneyline win probability of 53.3% in this game.
• The Astros have played in seven games with an over/under set, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total five times (5-2-0).
• The Astros are 5-2-0 against the spread this season.

Astros hitting info

• Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with three home runs and has a team-best batting average of .417.
• Alvarez’s home runs rank third in MLB and he ranks 10th in RBI in MLB.
• Alvarez has hit safely in six games in a row. During his last seven outings he is hitting .417 with three doubles, three home runs, six walks and six RBIs.
• Jose Altuve is hitting .348 with a double, two home runs and eight walks.
• Altuve ranks 13th in homers and 76th in RBI this season.
• Carlos Correa has racked up a team-high seven runs batted in.
• Correa takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .300 with a double, a home run, two walks and seven RBIs.
• Christian Walker’s seven runs batted in are a team-high mark.
• Walker has safely hit in five straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .368 with four doubles, two walks and seven RBIs.

Astros pitching rankings

• The 12.0 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Astros pitching staff ranks third in the majors.
• The Astros have a 4.57 team ERA that ranks 24th among all league pitching staffs.
• The Astros have the 17th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.333).
• Astros pitchers combine to give up 12 total home runs at a clip of 1.7 per game (most in MLB).
• They took down the Red Sox 6-4 in their last game with 13 strikeouts while allowing seven hits.

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• The Athletics have been underdogs in six games this season and won one (16.7%) of those contests.
• The Athletics have a record of 1-5 when they’re set as the underdog by -105 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• The Athletics have a 51.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Games involving the Athletics have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in one of six chances this season.
• The Athletics are 3-3-0 against the spread this season.

Athletics hitting info

• Langeliers leads Sacramento in home runs with five, runs batted in with eight and his batting average of .375 is also best on his team.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Langeliers ranks first in homers and second in RBI.
• Max Muncy has collected four hits this season and has an OBP of .217. He’s slugging .409 on the year.
• Muncy ranks 42nd in home runs and 128th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Jacob Wilson is slashing .200/.200/.320 this season for the Athletics.
• Wilson enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .238 with three doubles and two RBIs.
• Andy Ibanez has two hits and an OBP of .300 to go with a slugging percentage of .222 this season.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The Athletics average just 12.0 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in the majors.
• The Athletics have the 22nd-ranked ERA (4.39) in the majors this season.
• The Athletics have a combined 1.520 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
• With just five homers allowed, the Athletics rank eighth in the league at preventing long balls.
• The Athletics struck out 10 Braves hitters while allowing seven base hits in a 5-1 loss last time out.