Tonight’s matchup between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers, features two premium pitchers on a great streak. Both Wade Miley (Astros) and Mike Minor (Rangers), come in with only four losses on the season.
Miley has split wins while pitching away from home, notching a 3-3 record on the year, with a 4.56 ERA. Although he has a 6-3 record while pitching during night games, his ERA is higher (3.40) in these games, than when he pitches during the day (2.65). His WHIP during away games, goes up to a 1.33, but lowers when coming into night games (1.13) which is also a stat to note for tonight.
Minor has turned a 4-2 record while pitching at home, with a 2.34 ERA. His ERA is even better during night games, dropping to a 2.24. His WHIP during home games and all night games is at a 1.14 level.
If we take into account the first five innings of the game, Wade Miley tends to have a high ERA for the first (3.50) and fifth innning (3.86), while Mike Minor also tends to have a bad ERA for his fifth inning (4.24) but not as bad a first inning (2.50).
Pick: Texas Rangers to win first five innings
I am taking the Rangers and Mike Minor to win the first five innings. Take a good look at the ratios and decide if you want to go with one of the following: TEX (0) vs HOU, TEX (-0.5) vs HOU, or TEX (+0.5) vs HOU.
I would take either the (0) or (+0.5).
