Yesterday’s Results for Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs

Fargo's MLB Interleague Game of the Month

Analysis: This is a play on the CHICAGO CUBS for our MLB Interleague Game of the Month. The Cubs closed as a short underdog last night despite the disparity in records and it is even more today because of one name. Chicago is 15-9 including 9-3 at home following its second straight win over Houston and we should see a great environment here. The Astros are in a bad place right now as they have the second worst record in the American League with the third worst pitching staff in all of baseball with a 5.14 ERA which includes one of the worst bullpens. Injuries have hurt them and there is hope with Justin Verlander back but he is always overvalued. Verlander looked good in his return as he allowed two runs over six innings against Washington but has a much tougher matchup. Javier Assad counters for Chicago and he has been great with a 2.11 ERA and 1.03 WHIP in four starts and this should not be surprising after he was awesome last season when entering the rotation, allowing more than three runs only once in nine starts and that was in Colorado. Here, we play against road teams with a bullpen whose ERA is 5.00 or worse on the season, stranding 7.5 or more runners on base per game on the season. This situation is 30-9 (76.9 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (920) Chicago Cubs