Victor Caratini leads the Houston Astros (62-49) into a contest against the Boston Red Sox (61-51) after his four-hit outing in a 7-3 loss to the Red Sox. The Astros are moneyline favorites (-116) for this game against the underdog Red Sox (-104), which starts at 11:35 a.m. ET on Sunday. Houston’s Framber Valdez and Boston’s Lucas Giolito will start this matchup.

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Astros vs. Red Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Astros (-116)
• Underdog: Red Sox (-104)
• Over/under: 8

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have been the moneyline favorite 77 total times this season. They’ve gone 42-35 in those games.
• Houston has a 37-31 record (winning 54.4% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -116 or shorter.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Astros’ implied win probability is 53.7%.
• Houston has played in 111 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 47 times (47-58-6).
• The Astros have a 55-56-0 record ATS this season (covering 49.5% of the time).

Astros hitting info

• Jose Altuve has 17 doubles, a triple, 18 home runs and 39 walks while hitting .280.
• Among all hitters in MLB action, Altuve’s home run total ranks 44th and his RBI tally ranks 56th.
• Jeremy Pena’s .326 batting average is a team-high mark.
• Pena ranks 124th in home runs among batters in MLB action and 146th in RBI.
• Yainer Diaz is batting .254 with 15 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 15 walks.
• Diaz enters this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .421 with a double, two home runs, a walk and five RBIs.
• Christian Walker has been productive as he paces his team with 58 runs batted in.
• Walker brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .333 with a double, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros pitching staff ranks first in the majors with a collective 9.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Houston’s 3.70 team ERA ranks sixth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Astros pitchers combine for the No. 2 WHIP in baseball (1.191).
• Astros pitchers combine to give up 129 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (20th-fewest in MLB).
• Houston fell to the Red Sox 7-3 in its last game with 12 strikeouts while allowing 10 hits.

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have entered the game as underdogs 41 times this season and won 19, or 46.3%, of those games.
• Boston has entered 34 games this season as the underdog by -104 or more and is 16-18 in those contests.
• The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 51% chance of a victory for the Red Sox.
• Boston and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 52 of its 111 opportunities.
• In 111 games with a spread this season, the Red Sox are 59-52-0 ATS.

Red Sox hitting info

• Jarren Duran leads Boston with a .262 batting average. He’s also hit 11 homers and has 60 RBI.
• Among all batters in MLB, Duran’s home run total is 124th, and his RBI total is 44th.
• Ceddanne Rafaela has 97 hits and an OBP of .299 to go with a slugging percentage of .453 this season.
• Rafaela currently ranks 89th in home runs and 80th in RBI in the big leagues.
• Trevor Story leads Boston in runs batted in (68) this season. He has a .254 batting average and a .430 slugging percentage.
• Story takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .368 with four doubles, three home runs, two walks and seven RBIs.
• Wilyer Abreu is slugging .484 this season, with a team-best 20 homers while driving in 58 runs.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 19th in MLB.
• Boston pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.74 ERA this year, eighth-best in baseball.
• The Red Sox rank 20th in MLB with a combined 1.306 WHIP this season.
• The Red Sox have allowed the seventh-fewest home runs this season at just 114, or 1.0 per game.
• Boston pitchers struck out six Astros batters while allowing 14 hits in a 7-3 win last time out.