It's not that I don't care for Lance McCullers or Michael Pineda, even though he's in bad form. But when the oddsmaker puts up a total of less than eight involving these two teams I'm going Over.

These are the two best offenses in baseball. Houston leads the majors in batting average and homers. The Astros are No. 3 in runs. They are averaging 6.5 runs in their last 14 games.

The Yankees have hit the second-most homers in the majors and are No. 2 in runs and third in batting average.

Pineda is 0-1 with a 7.47 ERA in his last three starts. That's pushed his season ERA up to 4.12. Pineda can be tantalizing, but he's not an ace and not deserving of having a total this low listed by his name against the powerful Astros.

Same with McCullers.Yes, he's promising. But he's not a sure thing. McCullers already has surpassed the 81 innings he pitched last year in the majors. This is just his second start in more than three weeks.