Jim Feist

Oakland A's lost the first game of their series with the Yankees on Monday, 5-9. This after leading the Yankees 5-0 in the early innings. The A's will send Frankie Montas to the hill today. Montas has just a 3-7 record but a decent 3.11 ERA. Montas is coming off a fine start vs the Mariners where he allowed no runs over eight innings with just two hits. The Yankees won for the 2nd straight game and their 14th win in their last 18 games. JP Sears will make his second start of the season tonight. His first start he got the win over Baltimore, going five innings and allowing just three hits and no runs. This has been a decent under series with a 4-9-1 O/U mark the last 14 meetings and a 2-5 O/U the last seven in New York. Play the UNDER.

A Couple of first place teams meet here on Tuesday as the Houston Astros and Mets face off from New York. The Astros are 45-27 and 11-games in front of 2nd place LA Angels. Framber Valdez gets the start today and he's been excellent this season with a 7-3 record in 14 games with a 2.90 ERA. He's been even better on the road with a 4-1 record and 1.95 ERA. The Mets have seen their lead in the NL East shrink to just 5-games over the Atlanta Braves. Carlos Carrasco will start today with a 8-3 record and 4.31 ERA. He's been hit pretty hard of late, allowing 13 runs over his last three starts (13 1/3 innings). The Astros are 8-1 in their last nine road games vs righties. The Astros have also won the last five games in this series. Take Houston today.

Baltimore took game one of this series with the Mariners on Monday, 9-2. That makes five wins in their last six games for the O's. It was also their first over game in their last eight games. Dean Kremer will start today for the O's with a 2-1 record in his four starts and a 1.71 ERA and 0.84 road ERA. Kremer has not allowed a run over his last two starts (11 2/3 innings) and just one run over his last three starts (16 2/3 innings). Seattle looks to snap a two-game losing streak here today. They will send Robbie Ray to the hill with a 6-6 record in his last 15 starts and a 4.07 ERA. Ray has been very good though of late, allowing just two runs over his last three starts (20 innings). The M's have also gone under in 13 of their last 16 home games. I'll be on the UNDER here today.