#971 ASA PLAY ON Houston Astros -1.5 on the Run Line (-125) over Los Angeles Angels, Sunday at 4:07 PM ET - Astros Ronel Blanco (2.99 ERA this season) is being rested a bit at the end of the year so he may not work deep here but Houston also has one of the top bullpens in the majors. The Angels are starting Caden Dana and he got destroyed on the road in his last start. That was just his 2nd outing in the bigs and he will continue to have growing pains as he adjusts to the MLB level. The problem for him here is that Dana is facing an Astros team still trying to lock up the AL West division and this is a solid Houston lineup that will be locked in again at the plate this afternoon. The Astros have won each of the 1st two games in this series and have won 3 straight overall while the Angels have now lost 4 straight games. Houston is 43-29 against teams with a losing record this season. The Angels 39-54 this season against teams with a winning record. The Astros have averaged scoring 6.8 runs last 8 games and the Angels are on a 9-24 run and have averaged scoring only 2.6 runs per defeat in those 24 losses. Given numbers like these you can see why we are very comfortable laying the 1.5 runs on the run line here. This one looks like a road blowout! Lay the run line in this one!