Jeremy Pena leads the Houston Astros (65-51) into a matchup with Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees (61-55) on Saturday at 2:05 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium. Pena is batting .321, the second-best batting average in MLB, for the favored Astros (-123), and Judge is first in MLB play with a .339 batting average this season for the underdog Yankees (+103). Framber Valdez starts for Houston while New York will counter with Luis Gil.

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Astros vs. Yankees betting lines

• Favorite: Astros (-123)
• Underdog: Yankees (+103)
• Over/under: 8

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros are 43-36 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 54.4% of those games).
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -123 or shorter, Houston has a record of 28-27 (50.9%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Astros have an implied win probability of 55.2%.
• Houston has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 51 times this season for a 51-59-6 record against the over/under.
• The Astros have a 58-58-0 record ATS this season (covering 50% of the time).

Astros hitting info

• Jose Altuve has accumulated a team-best 20 home runs and 61 runs batted in.
• Altuve’s home runs rank 34th in MLB and he ranks 49th in RBI in MLB.
• Altuve brings a six-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .302 with a double, three home runs, three walks and eight RBIs.
• Pena is batting .321 to pace his team.
• Pena ranks 132nd in home runs among batters in MLB and 136th in RBI.
• Yainer Diaz is batting .254 with 16 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs and 15 walks.
• Diaz has safely hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .250 with a double, a home run and five RBIs.
• Jesus Sanchez is hitting .257 with 16 doubles, four triples, 10 home runs and 31 walks.
• Sanchez enters this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .286 with four doubles, a walk and an RBI.

Astros pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Astros has a collective 9.7 K/9, the first-best in the majors.
• Houston has the seventh-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.70).
• The Astros have the second-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.193).
• The Astros allow the 19th-fewest home runs in baseball (135 total, 1.2 per game).
• Houston struck out nine Yankees batters while allowing five hits in a 5-3 win in its last game.

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• This season, the Yankees have been the underdog 18 times and won seven, or 38.9%, of those games.
• This season, New York has won four of its 11 games, or 36.4%, when it’s the underdog by at least +103 on the moneyline.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 49.3% chance of a victory for the Yankees.
• Games involving New York have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 53 of 115 chances this season.
• The Yankees are 48-67-0 ATS in their 115 games with a spread this season.

Yankees hitting info

• Judge is batting .339 with 37 home runs and 86 RBI. All three of those stats lead New York hitters this season.
• In all of MLB, Judge is fourth in homers and fifth in RBI.
• Cody Bellinger has collected 113 hits this season and has an OBP of .327. He’s slugging .489 on the year.
• Bellinger ranks 34th overall in homers and 27th in RBI this year.
• Anthony Volpe has 91 hits this season and a slash line of .221/.288/.422.
• Volpe brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .222 with a double, a triple, a walk and two RBIs.
• Paul Goldschmidt has 108 hits and an OBP of .336 to go with a slugging percentage of .427 this season.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The Yankees strike out nine batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-best in MLB.
• New York has pitched to a 4.05 ERA this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
• The Yankees have a combined WHIP of 1.267 as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in MLB.
• With 131 homers allowed, the Yankees rank 15th in the league at preventing long balls.
• New York pitchers struck out seven Astros hitters while allowing 10 base hits in a 5-3 loss its last time out.